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Details of planning consent for "Cheque Centre" shop sign in Burscough Street
Paul Clarke made this Freedom of Information request to West Lancashire District Council
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From: Paul Clarke
7 February 2010
Dear West Lancashire District Council,
I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please supply details of background to the planning decision
leading to the erection of the large "Cheque centre" shop sign in
Burscough St, Ormskirk.
You can see from this picture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_clarke... how it
dominates the street.
I would like to know:
1. the date that approval was granted for this sign
2. whether special approval was required or whether the sign did
not require any
3. what the maximum dimensions are for a sign of this nature in
Burscough St, Ormskirk to be erected without needing approval
4. the distance of this sign from the nearest conservation area
5. the names of officers and Members involved in proposing and/or
approving the granting of permission for this sign
Yours faithfully,
Paul Clarke
From: Leyland, Andrew
9 February 2010
Hi
Can you please provide the number of the property in Burscough St which
your enquiry relates to
Ps the link is not working in your original email. Please provide a copy
with your response
Thank you
Andrew Leyland
Planning Support Team Leader
West Lancashire Borough Council
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From: Paul Clarke
9 February 2010
Dear Andrew
The full postal address of Cheque Centre is:
11, Burscough Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 2EG. I found this
using Google.
The link http://flic.kr/p/7Bdcmn should take you to the picture.
The unshortened link must have been truncated in the generation of
the email you received. Apologies for that.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Clarke
From: Leyland, Andrew
9 February 2010
Hi
re 11 BURSCOUGH ST ORMSKIRK
Checking our records we appear not to have received an application for
the sign. I will pass this on for further investigation to our
Enforcement Officers
REGARDS
Andrew Leyland
Planning Support Team Leader
West Lancashire Borough Council
______________________________
Tel: 01695 585115
Fax: 01695 585113
West Lancashire Borough Council,
52 Derby Street, Ormskirk, L39 2DF
______________________________
www.westlancs.gov.uk
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From: Carr, Dominic
19 February 2010
Dear Mr Clarke,
Thank you for your request for information received on the 9 February
2010. The information you require is in the public domain and does not
need to be dealt with as a freedom of information request.
I will respond to the points you have made as follows
The advertisement located above the `Cheque Centre' does not benefit from
advertisement consent nor does the sign come within the provisions of any
of the 14 classes of deemed consent for which advertisement consent is not
required. As such the advert is illegal.
The maximum dimensions for a sign which does not require advertisement
consent falls within Class 5 of the 14 Classes of deemed consent. Class 5
deals with advertisements on business premises. To view the exact
specification of Class 5 including size requirements please visit the
Communities and Local Government website on [1]www.communities.gov.uk.
I can confirm that the Cheque Centre shop unit does lie within the
Ormskirk Town Centre conservation area.
As the sign is illegal no planning officers were involved in granting
permission for it, however, the Councils enforcement team has been taking
the appropriate action to secure its removal. I am the officer dealing
with the case and you can contact me on 01695 585 345. The owners of the
Cheque Centre have agreed to remove it and replace it with a sign that
falls within Class 5. It is hoped that work to replace the sign will
start on site shortly.
I trust that the above is of assistance to you.
Yours sincerely,
Dominic Carr
Planning Officer (Enforcement)
West Lancashire Borough Council
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