23 November 2017 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Chris Balmer)
Pinfold Cottage, Pinfold Hill, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7hn
The proposal involved changing the use of Queeyl Ushtey (accommodation above the garage) from ancillary and tourist accommodation to site manager's accommodation or tourist use. Pinfold Holiday Cottage would change to ancillary accommodation and tourist lets not exceeding 3 months, while Cott Pundail would change to to…
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The officer assessed whether the proposed changes to uses and let lengths materially affected the existing units or amenities of the area.
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with land-use zoning if it respects site surroundings in siting, scale, design; does not adversely affect landscape/townscape character, amenities, road safety, traffic flows, or parking. The officer applied GP2 to the residential-zoned site, finding the change of use proposals acceptable as they raised no amenity or highway concerns, provided adequate parking, and did not alter external appearance.
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.
Queeyl Ushtey use restriction
The accommodation above the garage 'Queeyl Ushtey' hereby approved may be used for tourist accommodation or as accommodation for staff employed in association with the facilities in the site defined in red on the approved drawings. For the avoidance of doubt, no approval is given for the use of the accommodation as a separate dwelling. Reason: to reflect the nature of the application.
Cott Pundail use restriction
The accommodation 'Cott Pundail' hereby approved must be available from 01st April to 31st October of each year for tourist use not exceeding 4 weeks. Outside of these dates the unit may be used for tourist accommodation for individual lets not exceeding 3 months. For the avoidance of doubt, no approval is given for the use of the accommodation as a separate dwelling. Reason: to reflect the nature of the application.
Pinfold Holiday Cottage use restriction
The accommodation 'Pinfold Holiday Cottage' hereby approved must be available from 01st April to 31st October of each year for tourist use not exceeding 4 weeks. Outside of these dates the unit may be used for tourist accommodation for individual lets not exceeding 3 months. The accommodation Pinfold Holiday Cottage may also be used as ancillary accommodation to the main dwelling. For the avoidance of doubt, no approval is given for the use of the accommodation as a separate dwelling. Reason: to reflect the nature of the application.
no objections to the proposal
do not oppose the application; no additional parking requirements over those currently provided and no more traffic movements than if the units were let for the approved timescale
Both Highways Division and Garff Commissioners have no objections to the change of use application 17/00864/C, with Highways specifying no additional parking or traffic concerns.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose this application.; There will be no additional parking requirements over those currently provided and no more traffic movements than if the units were let for the approved timescale.
Garff Commissioners
No ObjectionThere were no objections to this application.
