19 April 2017 · Senior Planning Officer Chris Balmer (delegated authority)
1, Creggans Avenue, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1dd
The site is the side garden of a semi-detached end-of-terrace dwelling on the corner of Creggans Avenue and Glenfaba Road in Peel. The proposal involves erecting a 7.5m x 3.7m store building (2.3m eaves, 4m ridge) with dashed walls and concrete tiles to match the house, positioned against the side boundary on existing …
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 2, focusing on siting, scale, streetscene impact, highway safety, and amenity.
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in residential zoning if it respects site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, avoids adverse townscape impact, provides safe access/parking, and protects highway safety. The officer tested the store's location near Glenfaba Road against streetscene and highway criteria, finding it acceptable due to matching materials, modest size, and local precedents of close-to-road buildings. No wildlife or amenity issues raised.
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.
Visibility splay
There shall be nothing planted, erected or allowed to grow above 1.05 metres in height within the visibility splay as shown on drawing 1766-02. Reason: In the interest of highway safety.
No opposition subject to visibility splay condition for highway safety.
Raise no objection.
Peel Town Commissioners have no objection to the proposal. DOI Highways Division does not oppose subject to a condition on visibility splay height.
Peel Town Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Peel Town Commissioners considered the following planning applications at their Board meeting and they do not object to the proposals contained within these applications subject to any conditions stipulated below; 17/00285/B Erection of a store at 1 Creggan's Avenue, Peel
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose this application subject to the following condition: 1. There shall be nothing planted, erected or allowed to grow above 1.05 metres in height within the visibility splay.; Reason: In the interest of highway safety; The building is set back within the site to ensure that the existing car parking spaces and the lane onto Glenfaba Road have sufficient sightlines.
Conditions requested: There shall be nothing planted, erected or allowed to grow above 1.05 metres in height within the visibility splay.
