Officer Report

Application No.: 18/00986/B Applicant: Ross Ellis Proposal: Installation of 2m high security fencing to the north eastern boundary of car park Site Address: Sorting Office Spring Valley Industrial Estate Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 2AA Planning Officer: Miss Lucy Kinrade Site Visit: 02.10.2018 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 04.01.2019 _________________________________________________________________

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. 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.

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This approval relates to drawing number HQ001/V1, photographs and covering letter date stamped and received 17/12/2018, and 2 x site location plan drawing number HQ002 (A1 and A4) both date stamped and received 18/09/2018.

_______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

1.0 THE APPLICATION SITE - 1.1 The application site is the extents of the IOM Post Office Headquarters in Spring Valley Industrial Estate.

2.0 THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 The current planning application proposes the installation of 2m high security fencing along the northern boundary of the site between the post office car park and the side elevation of neighbouring industrial unit Graylaw Freight Terminal.

3.0 PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 The most relevant planning application is PA 11/00060/B for the erection of 2m high security fencing and gates. This application was approved for fencing around the rear of the site and around the access and egress routes either end of the building. These access points were also installed with security gates. Enclosure of the car park did not form part of this application and as such did not form part of the assessment.

3.1 PLANNING POLICY - 4.1 The application site is within an area designated as predominantly industrial on the Braddan Local Plan 1991. In terms of policy it is important to consider General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 in the assessment of this application.

4.2 General Policy 2 (in part):

"Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:

• b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them;
• c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape;

• g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality;
• h) provides satisfactory amenity standards in itself, including where appropriate safe and convenient access for all highway users, together with adequate parking, servicing and manoeuvring space;
• i) does not have an unacceptable effect on road safety or traffic flows on the local highways."

5.0 REPRESENTATIONS Copies of representations received can be viewed on the government's website. This report contains summaries only.

5.1 Braddan Parish Commissioners

• o No Objection (21/09/2018)

5.2 Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division

• Defer - (dated 12/10/2018)

• The fence appears to reduce the aisle width within the car park which would make it difficult to accommodate two way traffic, a 6m car park aisle should be maintained and the fence set back sufficiently to accommodate this.

5.3 Neighbours' views o No comments received.

- 6.0 ASSESSMENT

6.1 The proposed fencing is not considered to be an unusual feature within such a commercial and industrial estate as this and therefore visual impact is expected to be relatively low and not to impact the public or general character of the area.

6.2 Following the submission of photographs from the applicant with regards to the layout of the car park it is clearly demonstrated that the car park is bound by an existing pedestrian footpath which runs along the side boundary with Graylaw Freight. The applicant also

• submitted amended plans which corrected the proposed location of the fence being along the outside of the existing pedestrian walkway and along the boundary nearest Graylaw Freight. Given the location of the proposed fence being along the outside boundary it is considered that the proposal will not result in any impacts on the aisle width of the car park and therefore no new highway issues are expected.
• 7.0 CONCLUSION

7.1 For the above reasons the proposal is considered to meet with the standards of GP2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, not to cause any new highway issues and therefore considered to be acceptable. - 8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS

8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 (Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent;
• (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested;
• (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material
• (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and
• (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated. 8.2 The Planning Committee must determine:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status.

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 04.01.2019 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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