Agenda item

4/00385/17/ADV - EDGELIT ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGN AND NON-ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGN - 186 HIGH STREET, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 3AP

Minutes:

B Curtain introduced the report to members and said it had been referred to the committee due to contrary views of Berkhamsted Town Council.

It was proposed by Councillor Tindall and seconded by Councillor Maddern to grant the application in line with the officer’s recommendation.

Vote

For: 9               Against: 0                    Abstained: 2

Resolved:

That planning permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions:

1. This consent is granted for a period of five years commencing on the date of this notice.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

2. 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.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

3. 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.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

4. Any advertisement displayed, and any site used for the display of advertisement, shall be maintained in a condition that does not impair the visual amenity of the site.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

5. 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.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

6. 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.

 

Reason: To comply with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.

 

7. The intensity of illumination shall be controlled at the level as illustrated and described on the submitted plans/application form and is to be retained such that it will not cause glare beyond the site boundaries.

 

Reason: In the interest of public safety and visual amenity, in accordance with policies CS11 and CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy (2013) and saved policies 56 and 112 of the Dacorum Local Plan (2004).

 

8. The intensity of illumination shall be controlled at a level that is within the limit recommended by the Institution of Lighting Professionals in PLG05 The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements (2015).

 

Reason: The above is required in the interest of public safety and visual amenity.

 

9. The development hereby approved shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the following approved plans/documents:

 

607.02 Rev. A

 

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

 

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