18 November 2016 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Sarah Corlett)
Hawthorne Cottage, Ballacraine, St. Johns, Isle Of Man, IM4 3lr
Hawthorne Cottage is a detached two-storey Manx vernacular style dwelling on the A1 main road in St Johns, with a long narrow plot and steep rear slope. The proposal is for a 6m x 6.1m single-storey flat roof extension at the rear, finished in render to match the existing house, with bi-folding doors to a new patio are…
Click a button above to find applications similar to this one.
See how this application compares to similar ones — policies, conditions, and outcomes side by side.
The officer assessed the proposal against impacts on the character of the existing dwelling and neighbour amenity. The single-storey flat roof design, though not usually preferred, was beneficial as i…
Residential Policy RES/P/5 (St John's Local Plan)
Policy permits appropriate extensions and alterations to existing property in Predominantly Residential zoning. The single-storey rear extension was assessed as appropriate given its scale, location, and design which respects the site.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting, scale, form, design; not adversely affect landscape/townscape character or local residents' amenity. Assessed compliant due to flat roof minimising neighbour impact and highway visibility, lower topography level, and matching finishes.
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. This approval relates to drawing numbers 16/2546/02A and 16/2546/03A date stamped and received 19th September 2016.
no objections
no highways interest
Highways Division has no highways interest in the application. German Parish Commissioners requested deferral to allow them time to comment at their next meeting.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNHI on 18-8-2016; No Highways Interest
German Parish Commissioners
No CommentI note you require comments on the above property before my Commissioners next meeting therefore I would be grateful if you would defer this application in order that the Board have an opportunity to comment.
