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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application No. : 19/00140/B Applicant : Mr David Currie Proposal : Window / door alterations and installation of replacement windows and doors Site Address : Wimple Nook Bradda Road Port Erin Isle of Man IM9 6QA
Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett Photo Taken :
Site Visit :
Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 18.03.2019 __
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 drawings 1, 2 and 3 and the location plan all received on 12th February, 2019.
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Interested Person Status - Additional Persons
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Officer’s Report
THE SITE 1.1 The site is the curtilage of a residential property which sits on the upper, northern side of Bradda Road. The existing dwelling is quite a distinct property in the streetscene with its timber boarding and black and white colour scheme. The dwelling is in two parts, the easternmost part lower than the larger, westernmost section. The lower portion has a small pitched roofed
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front porch, the larger section simply having a pedestrian door in between three bow windows. A flat roofed garage with railinged balcony atop whose front is set back from the highway by around 2.5m. A pedestrian gate sits in front of the lower section of the building.
THE PROPOSAL 2.1 Proposed is the replacement of windows and doors, some of which would not need planning approval as they would be covered by Class 24 of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012. As such, any windows shown for replacement on the drawings where there is no change in the size or position of the apertures. The remaining changes which are to be determined are as follows:
the pedestrian door in the front elevation and the bow window to the west will be replaced by four bifold doors framed in anthracite grey the glazing in the pitched roofed front porch is to be replaced with full length glazing.
PLANNING POLICY 3.1 The site lies within an area designated on the Area Plan for the South (2013) as Predominantly Residential. The site is outwith the proposed Conservation Area for the village.
3.2 As such, General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan is applicable as follows:
"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 and (g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality".
PLANNING HISTORY 4.1 The property has been the subject of applications for alterations and extensions, none of which is relevant to the current proposal.
REPRESENTATIONS 5.1 Port Erin Commissioners have no objection (15.03.19).
ASSESSMENT 6.1 Much of the work shown in the drawings could be done without planning approval. The proposed works to the porch have little impact on what is not overly traditional nor contributes to the overall character of the building. These works are considered to have a neutral impact on the character and appearance of the property.
6.2 The most significant change to the property is the replacement of the pedestrian door and bow window with bifold patio doors. This feature is not normally found on a front elevation but what it replaces is not a front door with any significance on the front elevation and the bow windows currently look a little at odds to the rest of the property. As such, and also because the building is set back behind its neighbour to the west, the prominence of the new doors is likely to be reduced. The doors will sit above a modern flat roofed garage and for all these reasons, it is not considered that the changes will be adverse.
CONCLUSION 7.1 The proposed works are considered to accord with GP2 and are supported.
INTERESTED PERSON STATUS
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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.
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I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Director of Planning and Building Control in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.
Decision Made : Permitted
Date : 22.03.2019
Determining officer
Signed : J CHANCE
Jennifer Chance
Director of Planning and Building Control
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