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15/01307/B
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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application No. : 15/01307/B Applicant : Mr Alan Woolf Proposal : Replacement of garage door with two windows and erection of a front porch to dwelling Site Address : 4 Fuchsia Lane Reayrt Ny Keylley Peel Isle of Man IM5 1GJ
Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett Photo Taken :
Site Visit :
Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Officer’s Report
THE SITE 1.1 The site is the residential curtilage of an existing dwelling situated on the southern side of Fuchsia Lane, a cul de sac to the north of Fuchsia Road and to the south of Derby Road in Peel. The property is a detached two storey dwelling with one integral garage and one attached single garage. The property is mainly rendered with a stone plinth around the base of the front elevation and a canopy porch over the front door.
THE PROPOSAL 2.1 Proposed is the addition of a solid porch on the front elevation with a window facing forwards to match those elsewhere on the front elevation, ground floor. This will be rendered to match the house with a stone wall facing west and a plinth to match the main house.
2.2 Also proposed is the conversion of the integral garage to additional living accommodation with the existing garage door replaced by two windows to match those elsewhere on the ground floor of the front elevation.
2.3 The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 makes provision for the conversion of attached and integral garages to additional living accommodation provided that there are two full sized car parking spaces available to the property, each measuring at least 6m by 3.25m. In this case the parking area is a little shy of this in width (around 6.4m).
PLANNING STATUS AND POLICY 3.1 The site lies within an area of Predominantly Residential use on the Peel Local Plan of 1990. As such, the proposed works should comply with the provisions of General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan 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 space 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;
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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 adverse effect on road safety or traffic flows on the local highways."
REPRESENTATIONS 4.1 Department of Infrastructure Highway Services indicate that they do not oppose the application (07.12.15).
4.2 Peel Town Commissioners raise no objection to the application (22.12.15).
PLANNING HISTORY 5.1 This site has been the subject of applications for the erection of the dwelling and one for the conversion of the integral garage to additional living accommodation (08/00483/B).
ASSESSMENT 6.1 The proposal will change slightly the appearance of the dwelling but not resulting in any material harm. The enclosure of the porch will provide greater protection from the weather whilst not significantly changing the appearance of the dwelling and the conversion of the garage could be undertaken under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 were the driveway marginally wider. The driveway is clearly wide enough for two vehicles to park side by side and in any case, the attached garage is to be retained. The availability of three parking spaces for the plot more than satisfies the requirement for car parking set out in the Strategic Plan.
6.2 The application is considered to be acceptable and is recommended for approval.
PARTY STATUS 7.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013, 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, in this case Department of Infrastructure Highway Services and (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.
With effect from 1 June 2015, the Transfer of Planning & Building Control Functions Order 2015 amends the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 to give effect to the meaning of the word ‘Department’ to be the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture unless otherwise directed by that Order.
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 30.12.2015
Conditions and Notes for Approval: C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions
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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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
This approval relates to drawings 1567-02, 1567-03 and 1567-04 and the site and location plans all received on 1st December, 2015.
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 : 31.12.2015 Determining officer
Signed : J CHANCE
Jennifer Chance
Head of Development Management
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