4 March 2019 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Abigail Morgan)
Gas Bottling Plant, Peel Road Industrial Estate, Braddan, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4lf
The proposal involves placing two shipping containers, each 6.0m long x 2.5m wide x 2.6m high, at the rear of the existing car parking and office building on an industrial gas storage site within a predominantly industrial area. The containers are for general storage associated with the site's operations.
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The officer addressed Braddan Parish Commissioners' query by confirming that shipping containers are 'structures' under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 when sited for more than a short period w…
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with land-use zoning if it respects site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design (b), does not adversely affect landscape/townscape character (c), does not harm local residents' amenity or locality character (g), provides safe access/parking/servicing (h), and does not unacceptably affect road safety/traffic (i). The officer assessed the containers' siting behind existing buildings in an industrial area as compliant, finding no visual harm, no access obstruction, no amenity impacts (no nearby residents), and no highway concerns.
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.
no comments received
Braddan Commissioners had no objections to application 19/00063/B but questioned why planning permission is being sought for temporary and moveable structures.
Key concern: why planning permission was being sought for temporary and moveable structures
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners would comment on the above application why planning permission was being sought for temporary and moveable structures?
