17 April 2018 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Sarah Corlett)
Shop, 3, Michael Street, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1ha
The proposal involves changing the use of an existing ground floor shop unit, currently an opticians, to an estate agency office operating Monday to Saturday 9am-5:30pm with 2-3 staff. No external or internal alterations are proposed, and one rear parking space plus nearby public parking is available.
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The officer assessed that the proposed estate agency use would attract visiting members of the public in the same way as the existing opticians, with very similar activity levels and impacts.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting, layout, scale etc (b), not adversely affect character of townscape (c), not adversely affect amenity of residents or locality character (g), provide satisfactory amenity standards including safe access, adequate parking etc (h), and not adversely affect road safety or traffic (i). Officer assessed the change of use complies as activity similar to existing shop, in mixed-use area, with adequate parking nearby confirmed by Highway Services, and no adverse impacts identified.
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.
no opposition as proposed estate agent has minimal delivery requirements, town centre location with 2-3 staff, one rear parking space plus nearby public parking satisfies demand and creates no new highway issues
no objection to the proposal
Highways Division provided two responses both with no opposition to the change of use, and Peel Town Commissioners stated no objection to the proposal.
Key concern: door and window must not open outwards onto the footway which would create an illegal obstruction of the public highway
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose the application subject to conditions 2 and 3 of the previous 17/01028/B planning permission to provide cycle and motorcycle parking, and dropped kerbs for motorcycle access, and a further condition for the design details of the proposed window and door to the bike store; This should not create any new highway issues provided that the door and window would not open outwards onto the footway which would create an illegal obstruction of the public highway
Conditions requested: precise design of the proposed door and window to be submitted, to ensure that the door would open inwards into the store and the window would either slide vertically to open or not open at all; conditions 2 and 3 of the previous 17/01028/B planning permission to provide cycle and motorcycle parking, and dropped kerbs for motorcycle access; design details of the proposed window and door to the bike store to be submitted and agreed prior to construction
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose the application.; The proposed use would be as an estate agents with minimal delivery requirements for sale boards and stationary that should only occur monthly at the most. No access changes are necessary.; Public car parking is located within the town centre which should satisfy the site parking demand and therefore the proposals should not create any new highway issues.
Peel Town Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Peel Town Commissioners considered the following planning applications at their Committee meeting and they do not object to the proposals contained within these applications subject to any conditions stipulated below: ... b. 18/00211/B Change of use from retail to estate agents at 3 Michael Street, Peel
