17 July 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
12, Fairway Drive, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 2ba
The proposal involves building a detached garage with a storage room to the south of the existing detached dwelling at 12 Fairway Drive, Ramsey, featuring a pitched roof on the front section and a flat roof at the rear.
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The officer assessed the key considerations as impact on character and streetscene, highway safety, and neighbouring amenities.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Part of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 policies materially relevant to the assessment. The officer considered these in the context of the proposal's impact on character, amenities, and highway safety, finding overall compliance.
Spatial Policy 5
Part of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 policies materially relevant. Applied to the residential development in a designated area.
General Policy 2
Subsections (b) (c) (g) (m) (n) from Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Tested against character, amenities, highway safety, and design; proposal found to fit with area character despite minor flat roof issue.
Community Policy 7
From Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, materially relevant. Considered in residential amenity and parking provision assessment.
Community Policy 10
From Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Relevant to the site's residential location.
Residential Design Guidance 5 (Architectural Details)
From Residential Design Guide (July 2021). Officer noted flat roof is 'not favourable on the island' but well-conceived and acceptable in this context with the pitched front roof fitting the roofscape.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Drainage details approval
Before commencement, drainage Details of the new driveway is to be approved by the Department in writing and the approved details shall be finished before the garage is in use. Reason: in the interest of protecting drainage infrastructure.
Use restriction to dwelling
The garaging/motorcycle store within the ground floor extension hereby approved shall only be used in association with the main dwelling house "12 Fairway Drive" and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house "12 Fairway Drive" as a single dwelling for no commercial purposes and only in accordance with the internal layout shown on plan SM23/597/1 received on the 14.04.2023. Reason: To ensure adequate off-street parking for the main dwelling house "12 Fairway Drive" and in the interests of neighbouring amenities.
does not object to this application (25.05.2023)
does not object to this application (28.04.2023). The comment states there is no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking.
Highway Services HDC and Ramsey Town Commissioners have no objections to application 23/00480/B, while Highways Drainage requests demonstration of compliance with surface water runoff regulations.
Key concern: surface water runoff onto public highway contravening Highway Act 1986
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.
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners have no objection to this proposal.
Highways Drainage
Conditional No ObjectionAllowing surface water runoff onto a public highway would contravene Section 58 of the Highway Act 1986 and guidance contained in section 11.3.11 of the Manual for Manx Roads.; Recommendation: Please be aware off and demonstrate compliance with the clauses above.
