24 May 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (decision notice confirms Senior Planning Officer under delegated authority)
17, Palace Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4lb
The application proposed installing solar photovoltaic panels on the southern roof elevation of a detached dwelling in a residential area of Douglas. The site is within the curtilage of No. 17 Palace Road, IM2 4LB, in a predominantly residential zone under the Onchan Local Plan.
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The officer considered the proposal modest in scale, with suitably limited impact on public and private amenity, and no other obvious material planning considerations affected.
Policy O/RES/P/21 of the Onchan Local Plan (Planning Circular 1/2000)
Requires extensions and alterations to existing residential property to be appropriate in terms of scale, massing, design, appearance and impact on adjacent property. The officer assessed the solar panels as modest and compliant, with no adverse impacts noted.
General Policy 2
Permits development in accordance with zoning if it respects site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, design; does not adversely affect amenity, character, road safety, or habitats; and reduces energy consumption. The proposal satisfied all relevant tests due to its minor scale and energy-generating purpose, with no adverse effects identified.
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 location plan, existing elevation plan, proposed elevation plan and solar panel specification date stamped the 13th April 2012.
no objection to the proposals
Douglas Borough Council has no objection to the proposal for installation of solar panels at 17 Palace Road (12/00564/B) among other listed applications.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.; It should be noted that the above comments are made in relation to the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not imply approval or consent under any other relevant enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.
