DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 20/00612/B Applicant: Manx Utilities Authority Proposal: Installation of ramp at rear/staff entrance Site Address: Manx Utilities Authority Ballacottier Headquarters Isle Of Man Business Park Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 2QZ Planning Officer: Miss Lucy Kinrade Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 29.07.2020 _________________________________________________________________

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 application accords with General Policy 2 of the IOM Strategic Plan 2016.

Plans/Drawings/Information; This approval relates to drawing number 01, 02 and 03 all date stamped and received 12/06/2020 _______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

1.0 THE SITE - 1.1 The Manx Utilities headquarters situated within the Isle of Man Business Park, Braddan.

2.0 THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 Installation of an access ramp to the rear of the building.

3.0 PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 No previous applications considered materially relevant.

4.0 PLANNING POLICY - 4.1 The site lies within an area designated on the Braddan Local Plan of 1991 as "Master Plan to be prepared which will include areas of Industrial Use, Science Based Industries, High Density Residential Use, Landscaping and Secondary School of approximately 16 acres". - 4.2 Given the nature of the current proposal it would be most relevant to consider general standards towards development as set out in General Policy 2 in the assessment of the application. - 4.3 General Policy 2: "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; m) takes account of community and personal safety and security in the design of buildings and the spaces around them;"

5.0 REPRESENTATIONS Copies of representations received can be viewed on the Government's website. This report contains summaries only. - 5.1 Braddan Parish Commissioners - no objection (13/07/2020) - 5.2 Department of Infrastructure Highway Services - Do not oppose (09/07/2020).

6.0 ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The proposed ramp would provide an alternative means of access and exit for all users of the building, its installation would not cause any adverse visual harm and no amenity impacts are expected.

7.0 CONCLUSION - 7.1 In light of the above the proposal is considered to accord with GP2 of the IOM Strategic Plan 2016.

8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) the applicant (including an agent acting on their behalf);
• (b) any Government Department that has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (c) the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure;
• (d) Manx National Heritage where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (e) Manx Utilities where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (f) the local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated; and

• (g) a local authority adjoining the authority referred to in paragraph (f) where that adjoining authority has made written representations that the Department considers material.

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 above who should be given Interested Person Status

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 02.09.2020 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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