16 July 2019 · Planning Committee (signed by C Balmer, Presenting Officer)
Flat 1, 7, Marina Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2hd
The site at 7 Marina Road is a four-storey end-terrace building currently with a shop at ground floor and three flats above, located on a corner plot in a predominantly shopping area of Douglas town centre.
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The proposal was approved because it accords with the 'Predominantly Shopping' designation under the Douglas Local Plan for the ground floor retail use, and the residential apartments above align with…
Strategic Policy 1
Requires optimising previously developed land, efficient site use, and utilising existing infrastructure. The proposal re-uses a town centre site efficiently with mixed uses fitting local services and bus routes.
Environment Policy 36
Permits development near Conservation Areas if not detrimentally affecting views. Assessed as compliant as the extension does not harm important views into/out of the adjacent area.
General Policy 2
Permits development in zoning if respecting site/surroundings in siting, scale, design, amenity, highways, etc. The extension fits the traditional building, improves character, provides amenities, and has no unacceptable impacts.
Housing Policy 17
Supports flat conversions with adequate space, outlook, parking. Applied analogously to new apartments, finding pleasant outlooks, storage, and cycle provision acceptable despite no parking.
Transport Policy 4
Requires highways to accommodate development traffic safely. No parking needed due to location; cycle storage conditioned.
Business Policy 1
Encourages employment growth if according with policies. Retail unit supports this in existing retail area.
Business Policy 9
Supports retail in existing areas at appropriate scale without adverse effects. Ground floor retail fits 'Predominantly Shopping' zoning.
Business Policy 10
Restricts retail to town centres. Site in Douglas town centre complies.
Urban Environment Proposal 1 (Draft Area Plan for the East)
Supports residential on upper storeys in town centre, especially in underused buildings. Proposal meets this for mixed-use activation.
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.
Cycle parking
Prior to the occupation of any apartment hereby approved the provision of the lockable cycle rack for 8 cycles is required to be installed and completed as shown on Drawing 197/20b and retained for the parking of cycles thereafter. Reason: To ensure that sufficient Cycle Parking provision is provided.
Supports the application based on amended plans showing eight bicycle stores; recommends recycling bins and notes on pram storage.
Environmental Health Officer objects due to non-compliance with Housing (Standards) Regulations 2017 regarding self-containment, waste storage, and additional facilities; Douglas Borough Council supports the application subject to amended plans providing bicycle stores and considerations for bin and pram storage.
Key concern: flats would not meet the requirements of the Housing (Standards) Regulations 2017
Environmental Health Officer
Objectionboth the existing and proposed flats would not meet the requirements of the Housing (Standards) Regulations 2017; It would be useful if these facilities were indicated on the plan.
Douglas Borough Council
SupportThe Council supports planning application 19/00271/B; support of the application is based upon the amended plans submitted by the architect demonstrating that there will be eight bicycle stores; The Council asks that the applicant give consideration to providing adequate space for three section kitchen bins for recycling provision as recommended in the Affordable Housing Standards Design Guide (2016); The Council suggests comment is received from the Fire Service and Environmental Health on the adequacy of the gram storage at the entrance
