6 September 2016 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Chris Balmer)
Isle Of Man Breweries Distribution Centre, Old Castletown Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1qg
The proposal involves adding three roller shutter doors to the north eastern gable elevation of an existing warehouse building (known as 'The Brewery') and installing an internal partition to form a three-bay workshop for maintaining the company's 57 fleet vehicles, bringing activities indoors that were previously done…
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The proposed alterations and installation of roller shutters were considered a fairly minimal form of development with no harmful impact upon the visual appearance of the building as viewed within the…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site surroundings in siting, scale, design; not adversely affect landscape/townscape character, resident amenities, or locality; provide satisfactory access, parking, and not impact road safety/traffic. Officer assessed the minimal shutters and internal partition as compliant with parts (b), (c), (g), (h), (i), noting no visual harm, amenity issues, or highways intensification due to existing footprint use.
Business Policy 1
Encourages growth of employment opportunities if according with plan policies. Officer found the workshop ancillary and supportive of business viability without policy conflicts.
Transport Policy 3
New development near rail routes should not compromise their tourism/leisure/public transport potential. Site near steam railway line, but proposals internal to existing building with no access changes, so no adverse effect noted.
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.
Ancillary use only
The resultant workshop shall only be ancillary to the main use of the warehouse known as 'The Brewery' and shall at no time form a separate unit. Reason: The application was considered in accordance with the application and not as a separate unit.
no objection
Do not oppose. Satisfied that proposals will not result in intensification of use of existing access; improves on-site facilities without impacting parking.
Douglas Borough Council has no objection to the proposal. Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division does not oppose the application, satisfied that it will not intensify use of the access junction.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objection to the proposals.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; the Department of Infrastructure does not oppose this planning application.; The DoI is therefore satisfied that the development proposals will not result in an intensification of use of the existing access junction on Kewaigue Hill.; The submitted plans indicate that the workshop will be created within the footprint of the existing building without any impact on the existing car parking provision within the site.
