28 July 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
2, Cooil Veg, Andreas, Isle Of Man, IM7 4eu
The proposal involves building a single-storey double garage with a pitched roof in the front garden to the southwest of the existing house, which already has an integrated garage, along with an additional driveway leading to it.
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The officer assessed the key considerations of impact on character and streetscene, highway safety, and neighbouring amenities.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Strategic Policy 3 from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 is materially relevant. The officer assessed the proposal's compliance in the context of character, highway safety, and amenities, finding it acceptable as the garage fits the character and has no unacceptable impacts.
Spatial Policy 5
Strategic Policy 5 from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 is materially relevant. Applied to ensure the development respects the site's residential context without adverse effects.
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 (b) (c) (g) (m) (n) from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 requires development to respect character, amenity, highway safety, and design. The officer tested the garage's pitched roof design, single-storey height, and driveway against these, confirming compliance due to fitting roofscape and no amenity/highway harm.
Community Policy 7
Community Policy 7 from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 is materially relevant to residential development standards.
Community Policy 10
Community Policy 10 from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 is materially relevant.
RDG 2019 section 6.3 (Driveways and Front Gardens)
Requires 50% remaining garden space in front gardens. The proposal fails this test as only the front boundary area remains, but the officer accepted it due to the cul-de-sac end location limiting impact on area character.
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.
does not object; no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
Highway Services HDC reviewed application 23/00487/B and found no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality, or parking, with no opposition (DNO).
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.; Highway Services HDC does not oppose (DNO) the following applications.
