DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 20/00127/B Applicant: Mr David Quayle Proposal: Erection of a portal frame building Site Address: Athol Garage Quayles Garage Ltd Balthane Industrial Estate Balthane Ballasalla Isle Of Man IM9 2AF Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett Photo Taken: 24.03.2020 Site Visit: 24.03.2020 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 24.03.2020 _________________________________________________________________

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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. The proposal is considered to accord with the relevant policies of the Strategic Plan.

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This approval relates to drawings 2019-057-005, 2019-057-003, 2019-057-004, 2019-057-002 and 2019-057-001 all received on 7th February, 2020.

_______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report THE SITE

1.1 The site is the curtilage of Athol Garage, a car sales and repair outlet situated on the north eastern side of Balthane Road towards the entrance of the industrial estate. The site is bounded on the southern side by a minor road serving relatively new industrial development. - 1.2 The access into the site is off the minor road. The site accommodates a main building which houses all of the repairs and servicing equipment and activities with car parking arranged to the north, west and south of this including vehicles being displayed for sale. - 1.3 To the immediate north of the site are two semi-detached houses - Eaylee and Thie Ain. - 1.4 The land between the part of the site that is the subject of this application and the dwellings is rough land with brambles. Currently there are grids and hoses, a container and a fenced off area at the rear of the sales and servicing building. THE PROPOSAL

2.1 Proposed is the erection of an industrial building to the rear of the main building where the grids and container currently are. This has dimensions of 14m by just under 6m and 3.6m to the eaves and 5m to the ridge. The building existed but has been dismantled and is to be relocated from another site. The external cladding is matt green. - 2.2 The building is to be used for the washing and cleaning of vehicles which already occurs at the site: this is proposed to provide cover. The existing drains are to be used to accommodate water associated with the washing of the vehicles. PLANNING POLICY

3.1 The site is designated as industrial on the Area Plan for the South (2013). The proposed use is industrial. As such, General Policy 2 is applicable as follows:

Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:

• (b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them;
• (c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape;

• (g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality;
• (h) provides satisfactory amenity standards in itself, including where appropriate safe and convenient access for all highway users, together with adequate parking, servicing and manoeuvring space;
• (i) does not have an unacceptable effect on road safety or traffic flows on the local highways;
• (j) can be provided with all necessary services;
• (k) does not prejudice the use or development of adjoining land in accordance with the appropriate Area Plan and (m) takes account of community and personal safety and security in the design of buildings and the spaces around them"

PLANNING HISTORY

4.1 The site has been the subject of a number of applications, none of which is relevant to the consideration of the current application. REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 Highway Services have no objection to the application (28.02.20).

5.2 Malew Parish Commissioners do not oppose the application (11.03.20). ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The issues in this case are whether the proposed building would have any adverse impact on the character or appearance of the area and whether there would be any adverse impact on the living conditions of those in adjacent property.

6.2 The building will be generally hidden from view from both that of the neighbours and the public. In any case the building is not out of keeping in an industrial area. No significant car parking will be lost as a result of the proposal and there will be no material change in the use of this part of the site. CONCLUSION - 7.1 The proposal is considered to accord with the relevant policies of the Strategic Plan. 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:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should 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 : 07.04.2020 Determining officer Signed : J CHANCE Jennifer Chance Director of Planning and Building Control

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