8 November 2016 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Chris Balmer)
Coronation Community Garden, Mount Rule Road, Strang, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4ta
The proposal involves a small timber shed of 1.8m x 1.2m (2.1 sq m floor area) with a 1.9m ridge height, to be sited in the L-shaped section of the community garden curtilage behind Camlork Cottage and adjacent to 10 Coronation Terrace. The site is rectangular (approx.
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Environment Policy 17
Requires built development for nurseries/market gardens to be of scale/form/design/materials in keeping with surroundings, not unacceptably affect residential amenity or highways, no adverse impact on area character, and screened if appropriate. Officer applied principles to community garden shed, finding modest size, screened siting, and lack of amenity/highway impacts compliant despite no residential use.
Garden Sheds and Summer-houses from the Isle of Man Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012
Permits sheds in dwellinghouse curtilage up to 2.8m height, 15 sq m cumulative area, not nearer highway than dwelling or 20m. Officer noted proposal (1.9m height, 2.1 sq m) meets these thresholds, supporting acceptability despite community site requiring permission.
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 the site plan and image of the proposed shed both date stamped and received 12/09/2016.
no highways interest in the current application
made no comments on the application
Braddan Parish Commissioners had no objections to the erection of a garden shed at Coronation Community Garden. Highways Division has no highways interest.
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionIt was unanimously resolved that the Commissioners had no objections to the following Planning Applications: PA16/01073/B - Braddan Parish Commissioners - Erection of garden shed - Coronation Community Garden, Coronation Terrace, Mount Rule Road, The Strang.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 14-10-16; Highway Services Comment made: No Highways Interest
