DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 19/00766/B Applicant: Department Of Infrastructure Proposal: Erection of a 20 cycle bike shelter Site Address: Ramsey Grammar School Lezayre Road Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 2RG Planning and Enforcement Assistant: Miss Vanessa Wilson Photo Taken: 11.09.2019 Site Visit: 11.09.2019 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 16.09.2019 _________________________________________________________________

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 9th July 2019:

• o 20 Space Bike Enclosure information sheet
• o Drawing No. GAO 1
• o Drawing No. HAM-COMP
• o Drawing No. 1, Rev 1
• o Drawing No. 2, Rev 1
• o Drawing No. 101 _______________________________________________________________

Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

THE APPLICATION SITE

1.1 The application site is the curtilage of Ramsey Grammar School, East Building which is located on the Lezayre road and is to the East of the West building. The bike shelter is going to be situated to the North West entrance of the East building facing the main car parking area. THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 The current planning application seeks approval to erect a 20 bike shelter, with additional helmet storage, which is to be 5.4m by 4.12m with a height of 2.36m. The bike shelter will have its own concrete base. The shelter is mainly of steel and PETg Sheeting. PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 The previous planning applications on the site are not considered to be specifically material in the assessment of the current application. PLANNING POLICY - 4.1 The site lies within an area zoned as Schools and other Establishments in large grounds and specifically Ramsey Grammar School West, secondary school on the Ramsey Local Plan (No. 2) Order 1998.

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;

REPRESENTATIONS

5.1 Highway Services have No Highways Interest in this application (10.09.2019).

5.2 Ramsey Town Commissioners have considered the proposal and have no objection (27.08.19).

ASSESSMENT 6.1 The key issue to consider in the assessment of this planning application is the potential impacts upon the visual amenities of Ramsey Grammar High School and any possible impacts to the neighbouring properties.

6.2 The bike shelter is going to be erected to the North West entrance of Ramsey Grammer School as such it is very much in the public domain and can be seen from the general highway of Lezayre Road. Even though the bike shelter will be within this very public viewpoint the bike shelter will not look out of place within the school setting and the bike shelter will be slightly hidden by the mature trees which are situated next to the main road.

6.3 The bike shelter will bring a sense of security for active travellers which will help ensure that bike owners use the bike shelter to leave their bikes. The bike shelter will also work towards the Isle of Man Active Travel Strategy, May 2018. - 6.4 Due to the location of the bike shelter the shelter will have a minimal impact on any neighbouring properties.

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: 16.09.2019 Determining officer

Signed : C BALMER Chris Balmer Principal Planner

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