Issue - meetings

Advertisement consent: installation of a welcome sign at Rickmansworth Aquadrome (Riverside Drive pedestrian and cycle entrance) at Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Riverside Drive, Rickmansworth.

Recommendation: that subject to no new material planning considerations being raised during the open consultation period, advertisement consent be granted subject to conditions.

The application was for advertisement consent for installation of a welcome sign at Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Riverside Drive, Rickmansworth.

The application was before the Committee as the applicant was Three Rivers District Council.

There were no officer updates.

Committee Members asked questions about the detail of the application which were responded to by officers. 

The size of the sign was considered by some Committee Members to be overly large and its placement in the centre of the bridge was questioned.  Officers responded that for the reasons set out in the report it was considered that the sign had an acceptable impact by virtue of its size and location.  Its size and location was designed to form a barrier to prevent vehicles from going over the bridge, instead of having bollards.  The gaps to the side would allow cyclists, pedestrians and those using mobility aids to continue to use the bridge.

Some Committee Members considered that sign would cause harm to the view of the Aquadrome, that it represented blocking of the highway and that it would be better placed in a different location.  Other Committee Members did not agree.

Councillor Lloyd proposed and Councillor Mitchell seconded that subject to no new material planning considerations being raised during the open consultation period, advertisement consent be granted subject to conditions.  On being put to the vote this was agreed, the voting being 7 for, 3 against, 1 abstention.

RESOLVED: that subject to no new material planning considerations being raised during the open consultation period, advertisement consent be granted subject to conditions.