Issue - meetings

1 no.Fascia sign and 1 no. non-illuminated Perspex pod.  Installation of new signage.

Permit (both applications)

Miss Bell introduced the application.

Additional information was provided on the agenda update sheet providing further comments from officers regarding the advert application and an additional condition to include the address number of the building within the signage had also been added. 

The following member of the public addressed the Committee:

Mr Richard Plowman – Parish Council

In response to a request for clarification regarding the relevant guidance, Mr Whitty confirmed that the proposals were appropriate as painted signage was stated only as a ‘preference’ and the important element was for the letters not to protrude beyond a given depth.  Mr Whitty further advised that it was necessary to consider what had existed previously, and that some variation in the nature of signage in the conservation area was not detrimental in itself. 

Members further debated supporting the view of the Parish Council, the general appearance of the shop frontage, the importance of encouraging retail provision and appreciation of the need to limit future maintenance.  Mr Whitty iterated that, historically, signage would have originally been painted, which was the reason for the preference, but the proposals were less prominent than what had previously existed and therefore an improvement.  

Recommendation to Permit both applications agreed with additional condition on the update sheet.