18 July 2018 · Planning Committee (decision presented by Mr Chris Balmer, Principal Planner)
Kates Cottage, Mountain Road, Creg Ny Baa, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM4 5bp
The proposal at Kate's Cottage, a Registered Building (RB 117), involves extending the residential curtilage forward by 2.5m to 5.5m over a 19.1m length using relocated Manx stone walls, replacing tarmac and concrete with Tobermore Tegula block paving in Bracken and Charcoal colours, and recessing a 0.6m anthracite-col…
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The officer acknowledged the site is not designated for development, creating a presumption against curtilage extension under General Policy 3 exceptions and Environment Policy 1, which protects count…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside outside settlements from development unless overriding national need and no alternative. Officer found proposal acceptable as impacts 'largely unnoticeable', not harmful to character/quality of landscape, distinguishing from precedents with prominent encroachment.
General Policy 3
Permits development outside zoned areas only under specific exceptions; curtilage extension does not fit, creating nominal conflict, but assessed acceptable based on lack of visual harm per appeal precedents like Curlew Cottage.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions/alterations detrimentally affecting a Registered Building's special interest. Alterations/paving deemed improvements enhancing the unaltered historic cottage's setting.
Environment Policy 2
Mentioned in conclusion alongside ENV1/22; officer concluded compliance due to beneficial visual effects from traditional materials and boundary rationalisation.
Environment Policy 22
Mentioned in conclusion; assessed as compliant given unnoticeable impacts and enhancements to property's countryside setting.
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 permitted development enclosures
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no garden sheds, summerhouses, decking, fences, gates, walls or other means of enclosure shall be erected or placed within the curtilage of any dwelling house without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.
Highway Services does not oppose the application after clarification of proposals, while Onchan District Commissioners recommend refusal on grounds of not being in keeping with the surrounding area.
Key concern: Not in keeping with the surrounding area.
Highway Services
No ObjectionOn this basis Highway Services does not oppose the application.; From a Highways point of view, the parking area/access is staying as is, just finishing differently.
Onchan District Commissioners
ObjectionThe Commissioners recommend that the application still be REFUSED on the grounds that:- "Not in keeping with the surrounding area."
