3 December 2018 · Planning Committee
Wren Cottage, Main Road, Sulby, Isle Of Man, IM7 2hp
The proposal was for a two-storey detached dwelling with a rectangular footprint, pitched roof, finishes including Manx stone, vertical cedar cladding, render matching the church, and dark natural slate, on a site of 26.5m depth by 11.8m width currently used for parking and a modern garage.
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The Planning Committee rejected the officer's recommendation for approval, determining that 'the scale, height and massing of the proposed dwelling would not be subservient to the adjacent registered …
Strategic Policy 4
Requires proposals to protect or enhance the fabric and setting of Registered Buildings. Officer assessed as compliant due to subservient scale, setbacks (5.5m from church), lower ridge height, replicated features and finishes blending with church. Committee disagreed, finding scale/height/massing not subservient, failing to protect setting; Registered Buildings Officer concurred it would dominate and harm setting.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, form, design; not adversely affect character, amenities or highway safety. Officer found compliant on design, parking, amenity and highways. Not explicitly addressed in refusal but underpinned officer support.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards. Proposal provides 2 spaces, accepted by Highway Services subject to visibility splay clarification from outline approval.
Proposed parking and turning acceptable (2 spaces 2.5x5m with aisle); defer to correct visibility splays to 2.4x54m as per 15/00794/A
Lezayre Parish Commissioners unanimously objected to the application citing overdevelopment, height issues, construction risks to church buildings, unknown church drains, and access blockage. Highways recommended deferral due to inadequate visibility splays on the site plan.
Key concern: overdevelopment and building too high and big (Lezayre Parish Commissioners unanimous refusal)
Lezayre Parish Commissioners
ObjectionRefused Unanimous; The Commissioners feel that the proposed building is too high and too big. An overdevelopment of the site.; The proposed building will be higher than the Church Hall by approximately 800mm.
Highway Services Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services request that the application is deferred to allow the applicant to consider the above.; Recommendation: DEFER
Conditions requested: visibility splays of 2.4m x 54m in both directions within land owned by the applicant, and with nothing exceeding 1.05m in height within the splays; such obstructions or planting will be removed or reduced in height accordingly; Prior to any works commencing on site the visibility splays as shown on drawing 202 are required to be provided and thereafter kept permanently clear of any obstruction exceeding 1.05m in height
