22 December 2011 · Planning Committee
21, Church Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1bf
The proposal involved blocking up the garage door opening at the rear of an end-terrace three-storey dwelling in Onchan's Conservation Area and installing a white uPVC window and door with rendered walls.
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The officer acknowledged the proposal conflicted with Onchan Local Plan Policy O/RES/P/20 due to loss of a parking space behind the building line, as objected by Highways Division and Onchan Commissio…
Onchan Local Plan 2000 Policy O/RES/P/20
Requires at least three parking spaces per dwelling including garage; permission not generally for extensions/conversions losing parking behind building line. Proposal lost garage parking, contrary to policy and objected by Highways/Commissioners, but officer found on-street parking adequate given site constraints and observations, tipping balance to acceptable.
Policy O/RES/P/21 of the Onchan Local Plan (Planning Circular 1/2000)
Extensions/alterations not opposed if appropriate in scale, massing, design, appearance and impact on adjacent property. Proposal deemed compliant as it matched white uPVC on adjoining Nos.17/19, did not unduly affect public amenity, and was minor rear alteration.
General Policy 2
Permits development respecting site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, not adversely affecting amenity, character, highways/parking or Conservation Area. Proposal met criteria: adequate parking via highway, no amenity/highway harm, appropriate design/scale.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character. Rear location avoided public harm; uPVC matched neighbours; not original features; deemed to preserve area.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to Page Ref: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 date stamped 5th October 2011.
Highways Division recommends refusal due to loss of off-road parking; Onchan District Commissioners object on grounds of parking loss in area with existing on-street parking issues; Community Planning Service objects citing loss of private parking and questions if change of use application is required.
Key concern: loss of off-road/on-site parking provision
Highways Division
ObjectionRecommend Refusal; This planning application intends to reduce off road parking from two useable spaces to one
Onchan District Commissioners
ObjectionThe Commissioners recommend that the application be REFUSED; The proposals result in the loss of on-site parking in an area where there are already issues with on-street parking
Community Planning Service
ObjectionEssentially, this application proposes a change of use from domestic garage to dwelling space and should state so. Is a change of use application not required?; This will result in on-street parking only being available.
