12 October 2016 · Senior Planning Officer (Sarah Corlett)
1, Gellings Avenue, Port St. Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5bg
The site is the front curtilage of a two-and-a-half-storey terraced dwelling at the end of a short terrace on a steep street with Disc Zone parking. The proposal involves demolishing a small externally accessed store (retaining the porch canopy above), paving over the adjacent grassed area to create a second off-street…
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The officer identified a tension between the benefits of additional off-street parking and its impact on streetscene character from loss of garden to hardstanding.
General Policy 2
Requires residential development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design/landscaping (b), not adversely affect townscape character (c), not harm local residents' amenity or locality character (g), provide safe/convenient access, adequate parking/manoeuvring (h), and not adversely affect road safety/traffic (i). Officer assessed the parking addition against these, finding no significant harm from loss of small grassed area or substandard dimensions, supported by Highway Services, with existing hardstanding and walls limiting visual impact.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Parking retention
The area of hardstanding annotated on Drawing 02 (date-stamped as having been received 28th June 2016) as "NEW PAVING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL OFF ROAD CAR PARKING SPACE" shall remain free for the parking of private motor vehicles at all times. Reason: In the interest of providing sufficient parking for the application site and for the benefit of the surrounding area.
Does not oppose the planning application; additional space consistent with existing and neighbouring provisions, though ideally 5.5-6m deep.
No objection to the application.
Port St Mary Commissioners raised no objections to the application. Highways Division deferred their response awaiting further information.
Port St Mary Commissioners
No ObjectionNo objections
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No CommentDefer - awaiting information; DEFER on 05/08/16; Highways input deferred pending further information/input
