4 February 2020 · Delegated - Principal Planner Sarah Corlett
Shop 1, 34, Parliament Street, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1aw
The application sought retrospective permission to change the use of a ground floor shop unit from estate agents (Class 2 financial services) to a hairdressers (Class 1 shop), which had been operating for around 3 years with 3 staff and 8 customers per day.
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The key issue was whether the change from estate agents (Class 2 Financial and Professional) to hairdressers (Class 1 Shops) would harm town centre vitality or increase parking demand.
Policy R/TC/P1 Retail Uses
Requires presumption in favour of ground floor retail in main shopping streets like Parliament Street and limits office uses to 30% of street frontage per block. The officer assessed the hairdresser as aligning with retail promotion, improving on the prior estate agency office use.
Business Policy 1
Supports new employment opportunities. The proposal was found acceptable as it sustains jobs in a town centre location.
new retail provision at a scale appropriate. Major retail development proposals to be supported by Retail Impact Assessment
Directs new retail provision to existing retail areas alongside Strategic Policy 9. Hairdressers as a Class 1 shop use was deemed appropriate for the town centre.
Transport Policy 7
Relates to parking provision with flexibility for town centres. Low customer/staff numbers and nearby public parking meant no greater demand than estate agency.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the plans and information date stamped as having been received on the 20th December 2019.
no objection (10.01.20)
no objection (17.01.20)
Ramsey Town Commissioners and DOI Highways Division both have no objection to the retrospective change of use from estate agents to hairdressers at Shop 1, 27 Parliament Street, Ramsey.
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners have no objection to this proposal
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; DNO on 10.01.2020
