Wayfinding plinth sign at Cattle Market Car Park Tuly Street, Barnstaple

The site

The sign would stand beside the public toilets on a wider section of pavement near Cattle Market Car Park, next to existing street furniture.

“The site is next to the public toilets building near Cattle Market Car Park. To the north- west is an area where there are already a number of items of street furniture. The pavements are generally narrow in the area but there is more space outside the public toilets.”

Officer report

The recommendation

Approval was recommended because the sign would benefit amenity, preserve the conservation area’s setting and avoid obstructing pedestrians or creating highway safety concerns.

“The sign would be visible to the public, without being of a scale and nature that would be of harmful to amenity due to its visual impact. It is considered that the sign (along with the others associated with the wider project) would be a benefit to amenity due to the information the sign would provide and given the comprehensive uniformity of the overall project/signage that will be delivered.”

“With regards to highways safety and accessibility, the sign would be sited off the main footway where the pavement is wide so as not to obstruct pedestrians or harm accessibility in any way. It is not considered that the signage would interfere with highways visibility in any way that would raise highways safety concerns.”

Officer report

What was said

The planning officer advised that the location plan shown on one agenda page was incorrect and identified the correct plan on another page.

The vote

The committee approved the application unanimously, following the planning officer’s recommendation.

“RESOLVED (unanimous) that the application be APPROVED as recommended by the Planning Officer (KW).”

Minutes

The decision

The application was approved with the recommended conditions controlling the sign’s maintenance, safety, permission, positioning and approved plans.

“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.”

“The advertisement[s] hereby approved shall be displayed in accordance with the plans submitted with the application:-”

Officer report