Minutes:
12.1 Item 4
Application DC/19/00061
Proposal Application for Advertisement Consent – Installation of a freestanding 12m totem sign.
Site Location STUSTON – Land at Scole Roundabout, (Junction between A413 & A140)
Applicant McDonald’s Restaurants Limited.
12.2 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members, the layout of the site, the relevant history of the site, the tabled papers before Members, and the officer recommendation of approval with conditions.
12.3 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the current height of the BP sign being 9 metres, that an identical sign to the one proposed had been approved on a previous application within close proximity to the proposal before Members.
12.4 Members considered the representation from Roger Greenacre of Stuston Parish Council who spoke against the application.
12.5 Members considered the representation from the Ward Member, Councillor David Burn.
12.6 The Ward Member responded to Members questions on issues including: the contents of the tabled papers.
12.7 Members debated the application on the issues including: that a fall-back position had been set by the approval on a previous application, that Members wanted to ensure that two of the signs were not erected.
12.8 A short break was taken between 12:25-12:30 for the Area Planning Manager and Case Officer to explore the option of whether a condition could be added so that two signs were not erected.
12.9 After the break the Area Planning Manager advised Members of the condition as follows if they were minded to approve the application:
· The hereby approved advert shall not be implemented if application DC/18/03527 is first implemented. Should application DC/18/03527 be implemented following the implementation of the advert hereby approved under this application then the approved advert under this consent shall be removed from site and site restored to its former condition within one month of implementation of DC/18/03527. Reason: In the interests of proper planning following the intentions of the application and to avoid cumulative harm to amenity.
12.10 Councillor Sarah Mansel proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation with the additional condition as advised by the Area Planning Manager.
12.11 Councillor John Matthissen seconded the proposal.
12.12 By a unanimous vote
12.13 RESOLVED
That the Acting Chief Planning Officer – Planning for Growth be authorised to Grant Advertisement Consent subject to conditions as summarised below and those as may be deemed necessary by the Corporate Manager:
· Standard time limit
· Standard approved plans and documents condition
· Standard advertisement conditions (As required by Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements)(England) Regulations 2007 (as amended)):
- No advertisement is to be displayed without the permission of the owner of the site or any other person with an interest in the site entitled to grant permission.
- No advertisement shall be sited or displayed so as to –
(a) endanger persons using any highway, railway, waterway, dock, harbour, or aerodrome(civil or military);
(b) obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of, any traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air; or
(c) hinder the operation of any device used for the purpose of security or surveillance or for measuring the speed of any vehicle.
- Any advertisement displayed, and any site used for the display of advertisements, shall be maintained in a condition that does not impair the visual amenity of the site.
- Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a condition that does not endanger the public.
- Where an advertisement is required under these Regulations to be removed, the site shall be left in a condition that does not endanger the public or impair visual amenity.
Additional Condition:
· The hereby approved advert shall not be implemented if application DC/18/03527 is first implemented. Should application DC/18/03527 be implemented following the implementation of the advert hereby approved under this application then the approved advert under this consent shall be removed from site and site restored to its former condition within one month of implementation of DC/18/03527. Reason: In the interests of proper planning following the intentions of the application and to avoid cumulative harm to amenity.
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