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Memo produced 05.09.2018 Representation from the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division- PA Ref 18/00785/B Planning Case Officer = Mr Owen Gore Applicant Mrs Kay Sims Site Address 24 Third Avenue Onchan Isle Of Man IM3 4NA Highway Services Comment made Oppose Highways Representation history for this case. O on 4-9-18 Conditions (if any) There is no exiting site parking and the proposal would create an off-street parking space by converting the whole front garden into hardstanding. The entire front wall would be removed to facilitate vehicular access. The 'Manual for Manx Roads' (MfMR) design guide specifies that a driveway space should be at least 3.4m x 5.5m in size where there is no separate footpath to the dwelling front door from the public highway. The site plan shows that the site frontage is approximately 4.5m wide and varies in length between around 4.5m and 7m. The length is therefore inadequate to accommodate a parked car and sufficient clearance to the building in front of it and the public footway behind it. This would result in a parked car overhanging the adjacent footway and causing an obstruction to pedestrians. The proposal cannot therefore be afforded highway support as the site frontage is too short in length. Highway Services does not support the application as the site frontage is too small to fully accommodate a parked car in accordance with the 'Manual for Manx Roads' design guide. Highways Officer MB

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Memo produced 05.09.2018 Code definition DEFER Highways input deferred pending further information/input DNO Do not oppose DNOC Do not oppose subject to condition NHI No highways interest O Oppose Please note that whilst the content of this memo has been completed by Officers from DOI Highways, the detail has been produced by DEFA P&BC for the benefit of the planning application file and P&BC online services.