30 May 2012 · Planning Committee
Plot 23, Murrays Lake Drive, Mount Murray, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 2hy
The proposal involved building a two-storey detached house measuring 11.9m wide, 8m deep and 8.1m ridge height, with an attached single garage and driveway providing two off-road parking spaces, on Plot 23 Murrays Lake Drive, an undeveloped site adjacent to semi-detached homes in a residential area originally zoned for…
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The officer assessed visual amenities, finding the design, scale, form and massing similar to adjacent semi-detached pairs, in keeping with the streetscene despite 3m forward projection from No.24 as …
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design/landscaping, not harm landscape/townscape/amenity/road safety/parking/services, provide safe access. Assessed compliant: design matches semis, no amenity harm to No.24 (45deg), adequate parking, no highway objection.
Strategic Policy 4
Villages like Newtown (near Mount Murray) maintain settlement character, appropriate scale housing/limited employment. Supported residential over shop as site now residential area, shop unviable.
Community Policy 1
New residential areas provide neighbourhood centres where relevant/appropriate. Single stand-alone shop unviable vs full centre (newsagent/grocers/post office etc), especially post-2008 crisis.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the erection of dwelling with garage as proposed in the submitted documents and drawings 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 and 08 all received on 3rd April 2012.
Parking completion
Prior to the occupation of the approved dwelling the driveway and garage are to be completed as shown on drawing 02 to allow on-site parking provision for two vehicles and be retained thereafter.
no objection as proposal has no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implications
no objections
no comments on merits but request informative note
support noted in planning statement (plans shown to directors)
Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) responded with a standard note (Note 2) for application 12/00533/B, requesting contact regarding electricity supply and a planning condition to ensure the applicant contacts them.
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionContact the M.E.A. Planning Department (Tel. 687781), to discuss the electricity supply for this application.; the applicant must contact the Authority.
Conditions requested: a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority
The original application (PA 01/2047) for erection of a dwelling was refused by the Planning Committee on 10th May 2002 and confirmed on review on 12th July 2002, primarily because the site was suitable for a previously approved shop and there was a demonstrated need for retail facilities serving the Mount Murray estate following closure of the nearest shop. The appellant argued that the prior shop approval had lapsed, no retail interest had materialised, and the proposed house design was acceptable. The Planning Committee and third parties emphasised the estate's growth to 76 dwellings (potentially 175), lack of local retail, and resident expectations for a shop. The inspector found no evidence from appellants demonstrating no need for a shop or its economic feasibility, concluding that granting permission would be premature. The appeal was dismissed.
Precedent Value
This appeal sets precedent that appellants must proactively evidence absence of need for previously approved alternative uses (e.g. retail) on suitable sites within growing estates; future applicants should commission retail need assessments and feasibility studies before appeal.
Inspector: R E Wilson
