25 May 2018 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (Jennifer Chance)
Shop, 1, High Street, Port St. Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5dp
The proposal involves converting and extending a slim, single-storey monopitch garage on a site behind subdivided flats at 1, 3 and 5 High Street in Port St Mary, adding a first floor for living space with garage retained below.
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General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design (b), not harm townscape (c), provide satisfactory amenity/adequate parking (h), and not adversely affect neighbours (g) or highway safety (i). Officer assessed proposal compliant: modest scale increase acceptable in mixed-use context with appropriate materials; amenity 'just sufficient' with good living area light; no material neighbour harm; parking adequate post-amendment.
Business Policy 13
Permits tourist accommodation in residential properties if no compromise to neighbour amenities. Assessed acceptable as tourist use would not harm neighbours given location and scale.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per Department standards (Appendix 7: 2 spaces normally, but flexible for conversions/town centre). One space via garage plus adjacent area sufficient for one-bedroom unit; Highway no objection; reuse outweighs shortfall.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Parking provision
Prior to the occupation of the accommodation hereby approved, the parking spaces shown in drawing 1631-PL03 must be available for use by the occupants of the building or by those in 1, High Street and the spaces must remain as such, unobstructed, thereafter. Reason: to ensure that there is sufficient on site car parking in the interests of highway safety.
No objection to amended plans subject to condition requiring parking spaces provided prior to occupation and kept available/unobstructed
No objection
Highways initially objected due to inadequate parking but later recommended no objection subject to a parking condition after amended plans; Port St Mary Commissioners raised concerns about ridge height and garage size initially but had no objections to amended plans.
Key concern: inadequate parking provision removing existing spaces without sufficient replacement
Department of Infrastructure Highways Division
ObjectionHighway Services recommends refusal of this application on the grounds that it does not satisfy GP 2 (h) and (i).
Department of Infrastructure Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose the application subject to a planning condition...; Recommendation: DNOC
Conditions requested: proposed parking space in the yard to be provided prior to occupation of the development and permanently made available for parking and unobstructed thereafter
Port St Mary Commissioners
No CommentMr Grace was concerned that the ridge height proposed was a lot higher than the existing.; The size of the garage was also queried...
Port St Mary Commissioners
No ObjectionPort St Mary Commissioners had no objections to the following planning applications: 17/00190/B - Mr D Best AMENDED PLANS...
