9 October 2020 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Meadowview, Cranstal Road, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4bn
The proposal involves building a side extension to connect the existing detached dormer cottage to its garage and adding a rear dormer window, increasing the floor area by about 40sqm (30% of the existing 132sqm dwelling).
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The officer considered the main issue to be the potential visual impact on the countryside amenities, given the site's location on 'white land' in an area of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside (land outside settlements or not designated for development) from adverse effects unless overriding national need. The officer assessed that the proposal would not adversely affect the countryside due to its scale, traditional design, and screening by vegetation.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance (AHLV), prioritising landscape character unless no harm or essential location. The proposal was found not to harm landscape character or quality due to traditional form, limited scale, and existing screening.
Housing Policy 15
Extensions to traditional countryside properties approved if respecting proportion, form, appearance; exceptionally over 50% floor space. The 30% increase was below threshold, design traditional (matching windows/elevations), applied rather than HP16 as property retains traditional form despite 1980s replacement.
Time limit
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.
Ancillary use only
The extension and converted garage hereby approved shall only be used in association with the main dwelling house "Meadow View" and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house "Meadow View" as a single dwelling, for no commercial purposes and shall not be occupied as an independent dwelling unit. Reason: the dwelling is within a single residential plot within an area not designated for development and has only been considered acceptable for the reasons identified within the application. The application does not propose to create separate units of accommodation within the site and has not been considered as such.
do not oppose
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division does not oppose the application.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; DNO on 21.09.20
