Officer Report

Application No.: 17/01073/B Applicant: Howard John Mayo Proposal: Installation of decking within rear yard (retrospective) Site Address: 72 Derby Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 3EB Case Officer : Mr Edmond Riley Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 21.11.2017 _________________________________________________________________

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions Plans/Drawings/Information;

The development hereby approved relates to the Location Plan, the decking drawing and the five photographs, all date-stamped as having been received 11th October 2017.

_______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None. _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

1.0 THE APPLICATION SITE - 1.1 The application site is 72 Derby Road, Douglas, which is a mid-terraced dwelling situated in the Douglas (Woodbourne Road) Conservation Area and which has an enclosed rear yard situated on the northern side of the highway. To the rear is an unadopted access lane, but the yard is not visible from this lane owing to a 2.5m high stone wall forming the boundary treatment. - 1.2 Wooden decking has recently been installed within part of the rear yard at a height of 0.3m above the ground floor level, and brings the entirety of the yard to the same topographical level.

2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICATION - 2.1 Retrospective planning approval is sought for the installation of the decking.

3.0 PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 The site has been the subject of recent applications for the installation of replacement windows (PA 16/00287/B), replacement door (PA (16/00472/B), and both replacement windows and doors (PA 15/00596/B), but none of these is considered material to the assessment of the current application.

4.0 PLANNING POLICY - 4.1 The site is zoned as Predominantly Residential on the Douglas Local Plan, meaning the application falls to be assessed against the relevant parts of General Policy 2 as well as Environment Policy 35 of the Strategic Plan.

5.0 REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 Highway Services of the DoI stated the proposal had no highway implications on 24th October 2017, while Douglas Borough Council offered no objection in a letter dated 30th October 2017.

6.0 ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The decking is modest in scale and form and its timber finish is not inappropriate for its use or this location. The rear yard cannot be seen from public positions and therefore there is no impact on public amenity.

7.0 CONCLUSION - 7.1 The proposed development is judged to satisfactorily preserve the character and appearance of the Conservation Area. As the application is retrospective, no conditions are recommended.

8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent;
• (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested;
• (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material;
• (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure, and
• (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.

8.2 The decision-maker must determine:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material, and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status.

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 23.11.2017 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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