Agenda item

SE/17/00338/ADV - Rivermere Retirement And Care Home, 64 Westerham Road, Bessels Green, Kent TN13 2PZ

To display 2x freestanding post signs by entrance, 1x freestanding post sign on site boundary, 1x PVC printed banner on site boundary and 1x building mounted externally illuminated set of individual aluminium letters.

Minutes:

The proposal sought permission to display 2x freestanding post signs by entrance, 1x freestanding post sign on site boundary, 1x PVC printed banner on site boundary and 1x building mounted externally illuminated set of individual aluminium letters. The application was referred to Committee by Councillor London on the grounds that sign 4 represents inappropriate signage, due to the size of signs which were in a sensitive position at the entrance to the village on the edge of a conservation area.

 

Members’ attention was brought to the main agenda papers. The Committee was addressed by the following speaker

 

Against the Application:   -

For the Application:         -

Parish Representative:     Andy Clark   

Local Member:                 -

 

Members asked questions of clarification from the Officers and speakers. In response to questions, Members were advised that it would be possible to include a condition for the times that the sign could be lit.

 

It was moved by the Chairman and duly seconded that the recommendations in the report, and an additional condition for restricted hours of the illuminated sign not* to be between 10.30pm and 7am be agreed.

 

The motion was put the to the vote and it was

 

Resolved: That

 

a)   permission for signs 1, 2 and 4 be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

                      i.       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.

 

To comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 in the interests of amenity and public safety.

 

                    ii.       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; orc - hinder the operation of any device used for the purpose of security or surveillance or for measuring the speed of any vehicle.

 

To comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 in the interests of amenity and public safety.

 

                   iii.       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.

 

To comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 in the interests of amenity and public safety.

 

                   iv.       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.

 

To comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 in the interests of amenity and public safety.

 

                     v.       The intensity of the illumination of the logo on sign A shall not exceed 250 candelas/sqm.

 

To safeguard the residential amenity of nearby residents.

 

                   vi.       The advertisement(s) to which this consent relates shall not be illuminated between the hours of 10.30pm and 7am on any day.

 

To protect the amenity of the area, in accordance with Policy EN1 of the Sevenoaks Allocations and Development Management Plan.

 

And;

 

b)    permission for signs 3 and 5 be refused for the following reasons

 

                      i.       The proposed signs 3 and 5, by reason of their inappropriate location, form and design would detract from the character and appearance of the area and be harmful to the visual amenity of the surroundings, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework, National Planning Practice Guidance and policy EN1 of the Allocations and Development Management Plan (2015).

 

*amended 10/08/2017

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