24 December 2018 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Flat, 12, Malew Street, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1ab
The site is a mid-terraced four-storey property (including roofspace) on the eastern side of Malew Street in Castletown, with a dental clinic on the ground floor and upper floors currently unused.
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Housing Policy 17
Housing Policy 17 permits conversion of buildings into flats in residential areas provided adequate space is available for clothes-drying, refuse storage, general amenity, and if practical car-parking, plus pleasant clear outlook from principal rooms. The officer assessed the proposal and found it failed due to no access to rear yard for bin storage or amenity, directly breaching policy (a). This was the primary refusal reason despite policy support for reusing vacant upper floors.
Strategic Policy 12
Strategic Policy 12 favours proposals improving housing stock and creating flats from vacant space above commercial premises, subject to detailed standards including good external environment with access to space for refuse storage and amenity. The principle of conversion in mixed-use town centre was accepted, but the scheme failed 8.13.2 standards for external space/outlook as no rear yard access was provided.
do not object to the application as there is sufficient town centre parking to satisfactorily accommodate the vehicles generated by the proposed use
Highway Services has no objection to the application for refurbishment of upper floors to create three 1-bed apartments at 12 Malew Street, Castletown, as public car parking in the town centre is adequate to meet the additional parking demand.
Highway Services Division
No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose the application.; Recommendation: DNO; the site is located in the town centre where public car parking is available which is considered adequate to meet the additional site parking demand of 1 space generated by the proposals.
