5 January 2016 · Planning Committee
Jaimes Kitchen, The Dairy, Spring Gardens, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 3jn
The proposal sought retrospective permission to change the use of the southernmost part of a two-storey detached former dairy building in Spring Gardens, Douglas, from dairy to light industrial use for making and distributing sandwiches, with no external changes to the building, three staff members, two company vans, a…
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Strategic Policy 1
Encourages development optimising use of redundant or under-used buildings, efficient site use, and location utilising existing infrastructure. Officer noted the former dairy as under-used but weighed against residential zoning and amenity impacts; committee saw it as supporting reuse.
Environment Policy 22
Prohibits development unacceptably harming amenity via pollution, noise, odour, vibration etc. Assessed as light industrial with no adverse noise, vibration, smell, fumes etc. due to scale; supported by DEFA inspection.
General Policy 2
Requires no adverse effects on character, amenity, access, parking, road safety, traffic flows. Officer found failure on amenity (g), parking (h), highway safety/traffic (i) due to deliveries blocking road, parking shortfall. Committee overruled on basis of policy allowance for light industrial.
Use restriction
The site shall be used for preparation and distribution of sandwiches and for no other purposes (including any other purpose in Class 5 of the Schedule 4 to the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification)
no objection
do not oppose the application
use registered under Food Hygiene Regulations, inspection undertaken, no need for extract ventilation, noise likely from unloading/loading
Three consultees (DOI Highways, Douglas Borough Council Building Control, and Police Architectural Liaison Officer) all raised no objections to the retrospective change of use application.
DOI Highways
No ObjectionDo not oppose; DNO on 23.10.15
Douglas Borough Council Building Control
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objection to the proposals
Police Constable 22 Robert Midghall Architectural Liaison Officer
No Objectionvan parked causing an obstruction Jamie's Kitchen Van parked at an angle; the vehicle be moved which they did; causing no general concerns
