20 September 2016 · Planning Committee
Rose Cottage, 28, Bowling Green Road, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1eb
The proposal involves widening the vehicular access to the front of Rose Cottage, a two-storey dwelling attached to neighbours at 26 and 30 Bowling Green Road, from 3.3m to 5.5m wide. This requires removing the southwest pillar and adjacent short wall section, with the pillar to be rebuilt in a new position; no changes…
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The officer weighed the highway safety improvement from widening the access against the impact on the streetscene. The stretch of wall to be removed sits 'somewhat apart' from other walls and is not w…
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with land-use zoning if it respects site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design (b), does not adversely affect townscape character (c), protects resident amenity/locality character (g), provides safe/convenient access and parking (h), and avoids unacceptable road safety/traffic effects (i). The officer tested the proposal against these, finding the minor wall loss acceptable due to its limited distinctiveness and the safety gains from widening outweighing streetscene 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.
Highways Division deferred the application pending visibility information, while Castletown Commissioners raised no objections.
Key concern: gateposts over 2m high may interfere with visibility for vehicles exiting
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionThe proposal is to widen an existing driveway. The driveway has gateposts over 2m high that may interfere with visibility for vehicles exiting.; Highway Services request that the application is deferred until it has been demonstrated that the visibility can be provided.
Conditions requested: A drawing is required indicating that visibility of 2m x 40m can be provided at a height of 1.05m
Castletown Commissioners
No ObjectionNo objections were noted.; Consideration was given to planning aspects of the following submitted plans by my board. No objections were noted.
