7 August 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Co Op, Retail Unit Crosby Meadow Estate, Peel Road, Crosby, Isle Of Man, IM4 2ee
The site is a modern commercial building housing a Co-op food store and Costa Coffee shop, part of the Crosby Meadows residential estate on Main Road, Crosby. The proposal seeks retrospective permission for a 1.1m high steel and glass balustrade enclosing a first-floor balcony area, accessed via a doorway from the coff…
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The officer assessed the proposal in light of the previous refusal and appeal dismissal of PA 22/00687/B, where the inspector's main concern was unacceptable overlooking and noise from customer use of…
General Policy 2
GP2 (b), (c) & (g) require development that respects amenity of residents, character/appearance of locality, and general development considerations. Officer assessed the restricted-use balcony as compliant, as it avoids previous amenity harms from customer activity while having no visual detriment, per Inspector's prior findings.
Fire door replacement
Within three months of the date that this planning permission takes effect, the existing first-floor doorway on the south-eastern elevation of the building providing access to the balcony shall be replaced with a fire door that fully complies with the requirements of Building Regulations 2014 and subsequent amendments. The door shall be non-opening from the outside on the balcony.
Balcony use restriction
For the avoidance of doubt, the first-floor balcony area hereby permitted as shown on drawing 16/2576/105N shall be restricted to the use of maintenance and repair activities associated with the building only, and shall at no time be accessible to customers of the commercial unit. This restriction shall remain in force in perpetuity.
No objection, but would expect to see a condition attached to any approval limiting the use clearly to the purposes declared in the application.
No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking. Advised to protect pedestrian path with barrier and yellow hatching.
no objection
Highway Services HDC, Marown Parish Commissioners, and DEFA Fisheries all raised no objections to application 23/00394/B, with advisory comments from Highways and a condition request from the Commissioners.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking. The delivery bay is safeguarded.; The Applicant is advised to protect the pedestrian path adjacent the proposed single bay against obstruction of line of sight and vehicle parking, such as by a barrier and marking with yellow hatching.
Marown Parish Commissioners
Conditional No ObjectionIt was resolved to not object to the Application. Commissioners however would expect to see a condition to any approval limiting the use clearly to the purposes declared in the Application.
Conditions requested: condition to any approval limiting the use clearly to the purposes declared in the Application
DEFA Fisheries
No ObjectionI can confirm that DEFA, fisheries have no objections to this development from a fisheries perspective.
