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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application No. : 18/00409/C Applicant : Mr Thomas & Mrs Rosemary Waterworth Proposal : Additional use of residential property as tourist living accommodation Site Address : Stumbleholme Mill Road Peel Isle Of Man IM5 1TA
Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett Photo Taken :
Site Visit :
Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 23.05.2018 __
Conditions and Notes for Approval
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions
C 1. 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.
Plans/Drawings/Information;
This decision relates to the site plan, location plan and plans all received on 19th April, 2018.
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Interested Person Status - Additional Persons
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Officer’s Report
THE SITE 1.1 The site is the curtilage of a recently constructed dwelling, one of a pair of semi detached houses which lie opposite the House of Manannan on the south eastern side of Mill Road in Peel. The houses were built as a replacement of a former showroom/shop in this position under 14/00928/B.
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1.2 The property has a large rear garden and fronts directly onto Mill Road. The property accommodates a large lounge, small toilet and kitchen-dining area on the ground floor and two bedrooms on the first and second floors, one having a large en-suite bathroom and a separate bathroom available to the second floor bedroom on the floor below.
THE PROPOSAL 2.1 Proposed is the additional use of the property as tourist accommodation as well as residential. No changes are proposed to the building.
PLANNING POLICY 3.1 The site lies within an area designated on the Peel Local Plan of 1990 as Predominantly Industry and just outwith the town's Conservation Area.
3.2 The most appropriate Strategic Plan guidance to be applied is as follows:
"4.4.4 The development of tourism should be fostered by making appropriate use of the Island's natural attractions, our built heritage and our vintage transport systems. Accordingly:
Strategic Policy 8: "Tourist development proposals will generally be permitted where they make use of existing built fabric of interest and quality, where they do not affect adversely environmental, agricultural, or highway interests and where they enable enjoyment of our natural and manmade attractions."
Business Policy 11: "Tourism development must be in accordance with the sustainable development objectives of this plan; policies and designations which seek to protect the countryside from development will be applied to tourist development with as much weight as they are to other types of development. Within the rural areas there may be situations where existing rural buildings could be used for tourist use and Environment Policy 16 sets out the circumstances where this may be permitted."
"9.5.8 The use of existing private residential properties as tourist accommodation may be acceptable if it can be demonstrated that it will not compromise the amenities of any neighbouring residents."
Business Policy 13: "Permission will generally be given for the use of private residential properties as tourist accommodation providing that it can be demonstrated that such use would not compromise the amenities of neighbouring residents."
PLANNING HISTORY 4.1 The dwelling and its neighbour were built as a replacement for a former shop as referred to in 1.1 above. The land to the south, formerly the gas works, was approved for redevelopment for industrial units under 14/00930/B. Planning approval is currently being sought for the redevelopment of the brick office building (18/00137/B).
REPRESENTATIONS 5.1 Peel Town Commissioners raise no objection (22.05.18).
5.2 Highway Services have no objection (18.05.18).
ASSESSMENT 6.1 The proposal involves no physical changes to the building and as such there are no visual impacts from the proposal. The occupation of the property as a tourist unit will be similar in impact to its use as a residential unit and as such is unlikely to be detrimental to the living conditions of those in adjacent properties. Unlike most residential properties, this is directly opposite a museum and on a busy road and as such, there is perhaps less protection from the noise and disturbance of traffic and pedestrian movement than would be elsewhere in the
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outskirts of the town and thus, the comings and goings of tourists at more irregular times than residential occupants, is less likely to be appreciated by neighbours. It is not considered that the proposal will have any adverse impact on the living conditions of those in adjacent property and the dwelling is well placed in terms of proximity to features of interest to those visiting the town.
CONCLUSION 7.1 The proposal is considered to accord with SP policies and is supported.
INTERESTED PERSON STATUS 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 (Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons: (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent; (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested; (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.
8.2 The decision-maker must determine:
8.3 The Department of Environment Food and Agriculture is responsible for the determination of planning applications. As a result, where officers within the Department make comments in a professional capacity they cannot be given Interested Person Status. __
I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Director of Planning and Building Control in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 24.05.2018
Determining officer
Signed : J CHANCE
Jennifer Chance
Director of Planning and Building Control
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