5 September 2019 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Workshop, Ballasalla Airport Garage, Douglas Road, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 2an
The site is an existing commercial garage with fuel pumps, shop, and an unoccupied industrial building previously used for coach repairs, located adjacent to the A5 road near Ballasalla and Balthane Industrial Estate.
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The proposal was approved because the site is zoned for industry on the Area Plan for the South, and recent approval 19/00062/B for conversion to three industrial units confirmed its acceptability for…
General Policy 2
Requires development in zoned areas to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, avoid harm to landscape/townscape/amenity/road safety, and provide safe access/parking. Officer assessed the proposal as compliant, with cladding improving appearance, garage removal/access bollards enhancing safety and manoeuvring, and noise conditioned to protect amenity in the industrial area.
Business Policy 1
Encourages employment growth if according with other policies. Officer noted the stone processing would create jobs and retain economic value on-island by reducing 4,000km stone transport, aligning with policy in an industrial zone.
Business Policy 5
Permits industrial/storage in industrial zones, with retailing only for on-site products without harming town centres. Showroom/office use for stone products was accepted as ancillary to on-site processing, consistent with prior showroom and existing site retail.
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.
Noise emissions approval
Prior to the operation of any external equipment, details of the noise emissions from the equipment must be provided to the Department and the Department approve in writing any necessary mitigation to prevent noise nuisance to those living and working nearby. The equipment may not be operational until such times as any mitigation required by the Department is in situ and it must remain as such thereafter. Reason: To ensure that the development does not result in any adverse noise nuisance to those in adjacent property.
Retractable bollards
Prior to the commencement of the use of the site as proposed, there must be in place retractable bollards as shown in DOC 02 to demarcate access to the application site from egress from the garage. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
Limit operations to warehouse
The stone processing operations shall take place only in the area annotated "warehouse" on the submitted plans along with any external equipment subsequently approved through the satisfaction of condition 2 above: the offices shown on the submitted plans may only be used for administration of the stone processing operation and for showroom purposes associated with this use. No approval is hereby granted to any change of use to the remaining buildings on the site (the fuel filling station and associated shop and offices) shown on the submitted plans. Reason: To clarify the extent of the approval.
Highways Division responded with no highways interest in the application.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 09.09.19
