DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 19/00153/B Applicant: Mr Neil Christian Proposal: Installation of a replacement rear roof including two roof windows (retrospective) Site Address: 5 Scarlett Road Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1NT Planning and Enforcement Assistant: Miss Vanessa Wilson Photo Taken: 26.04.2019 Site Visit: 26.04.2019 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 26.04.2019 _________________________________________________________________

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 decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 15th February 2019:

• o Site/Location Plan
• o Alterations to Kitchen Roof Plan

This decision also relates to the addition details received on the 5th March 2019 regarding the tiles used for the proposed tiled roof.

_______________________________________________________________

19/00153/B Page 1 of 4

Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report THE APPLICATION SITE

1.1 The application site is the residential curtilage of 5 Scarlett Road, Castletown, a semidetached dormer bungalow which is to the end of the Scarlett Road cul-de-sac. The plot backs onto the Knock Rushen housing development site. - 1.2 At the rear of the property to the right hand side there is a flat roofed kitchen extension. THE PROPOSAL

2.1 The current planning application seeks approval to replace the existing rear extensions glassfibre flat roof with a pitched tiled roof (Forticrete 10 interlocking concrete tiles in slate grey) which has two rooflights measuring 1140mm x 920mm. The application is down as retrospective, of which the agent has confirmed no work has started on the replacement roof. PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 There is one previous application which was for "Alterations and additions to provide additional living accommodation, including creation of additional parking space" (16/01395/B) PLANNING POLICY - 4.1 The site lies within an area zoned as residential on the Area Plan for the South 2013.

4.2 Of specific relevance to the assessment of this application is General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 General Policy 2 states "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; n) is designed having due regard to best practice in reducing energy consumption." REPRESENTATIONS

5.1 Highway Services have No Highways Interest in this application (05.03.2019).

5.2 No comments have been received from Castletown Commissioners at the time of writing this report. ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The key issue to consider in the assessment of this planning application is the potential impacts upon the visual amenities of the street scene.

19/00153/B Page 2 of 4

6.2 The rear garden of the property cannot be viewed from a public highway and as such the proposed new roof and roof lights are unlikely to have a substantial impact on the character of the existing property or the general street scene. - 6.3 Matching the roof tiles to the existing roof of the main house will provide a constant and unbroken appearance through the rear elevation of the property which would provide a uniform appearance throughout. CONCLUSION

7.1 For the above reasons the proposal is considered to comply with General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 and therefore acceptable. 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 decision maker 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 a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date: 01.05.2019 Determining officer

Signed : S CORLETT Sarah Corlett Principal Planner

Customer note

This copy of the officer report reflects the content of the file copy and has been produced in this form for the benefit of our online services/ customers and archive records.

19/00153/B Page 3 of 4

19/00153/B Page 4 of 4