18 July 2017 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer Sarah Corlett
Arfryn, Ballacraine, St. Johns, Isle Of Man, IM4 3lr
The site is a single-storey hipped roof dwelling on a long narrow plot along the A1 Main Road in St Johns, with a rear garden on higher ground and a small property at the back. The proposal includes replacing the front garage door with a window, adding roof lights, demolishing a side utility for a high-level window, er…
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The officer concluded that the proposals comply with GP2(b), (c), and (g) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 and RES/P/5 of the St John's Local Plan as the alterations and rear extension respect t…
Residential Policy RES/P/5 (St John's Local Plan)
Applies to predominantly residential zoning; permits appropriate extensions and alterations to existing property. The officer found the proposals constitute appropriate extensions and alterations given the site's residential curtilage and lack of adverse impacts.
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with zoning to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design (b), not adversely affect character of landscape/townscape (c), and not adversely affect amenities or locality character (g). Assessed compliant as proposals do not harm character, privacy, or amenities due to matching design, separation distances, and topography.
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.
no objections
do not oppose the application; loss of garage parking mitigated by driveway extension; widening acceptable, but applicant must apply separately for dropped kerbs and footway under Section 109a of the Highways Act
Highways Division do not oppose the proposals subject to reminder for Section 109a approval; German Parish Commissioners have no objection.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; the proposals are considered acceptable from a highways aspect; The applicant is reminded that they must apply for the dropped kerbs and any footway amendments to be approved under Section 109a of the Highways Act
Conditions requested: applicant must apply for the dropped kerbs and any footway amendments to be approved under Section 109a of the Highways Act
German Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionMy Commissioners have no objection to this application
