2 April 2019 · Planning Committee
Central Stores, Main Road, Union Mills, Isle Of Man, IM4 4ad
The site is Central Stores on Main Road, Union Mills, Braddan, a two-storey building with ground floor shop/post office (98sqm) and first floor flat, plus rear extensions and a garage. The proposal demolishes the garage, front bay window, and single storey extensions to add a 57sqm flat roof single storey rear shop ext…
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The principle is acceptable as Union Mills is a designated service village under Spatial Policy 3, supporting employment and retail facilities like neighbourhood shops to sustain communities and reduc…
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Designates Union Mills as Service Village to maintain/increase employment via area plans. Officer assessed extension supports jobs and housing needs in sustainable location.
Business Policy 10
Permits retail in village centres including neighbourhood shops. Existing shop extension fits as community facility.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/scale/design, amenity, access/parking, road safety. Satisfied via negligible visual/highway impacts, adequate parking.
Appendix 7
Requires spaces for neighbourhood shop staff/customers/service. Highways argued non-compliance due to capacity; officer found existing arrangements sufficient with surveys showing availability.
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.
Parking provision
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas must not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times. Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking and turning of vehicles in the interests of highway safety.
No objection; proposal adds two public parking spaces, car park aids road safety over previous bus stop parking, limited hall conflict
Highway Services objected to the application due to insufficient parking provision leading to illegal on-street parking and highway safety issues; Isle of Man Victorian Society raised a part objection regarding the front elevation alterations; Braddan Parish Commissioners express…
Key concern: insufficient parking provision leading to illegal overspill parking, highway safety risks, and exacerbation of existing parking problems
Isle of Man Victorian Society
Conditional No ObjectionThe removal of the bay window is like removing the nose from a face - leaving a distinct void between the eyes.; ensure the alterations enhance the area of special interest rather than jar with it; a hipped roof canopy on two short side walls with the modern sliding doors set within the existing stone wall
Conditions requested: retained hipped roof canopy of same proportions as present bay window supported on two rendered flank walls; UPVC sliding sash windows to replicate original 6 over 6 format on ground floor; retain parapet wall on west of building to retain old post box; one larger automatic door with equal size fixed side light
Braddan Parish Commissioners
SupportThe Commissioners are fully supportive of his [IOM Victorian Society] suggestion; being cognisant of the principles of 7.24 of the Strategic Plan would seem to be helpful
Conditions requested: follow suggestion from IOM Victorian Society for canopy over front doors
Highway Services Division
No CommentHighway Services request that the application is deferred to enable Highway Services to undertake a site visit
Highway Services Division
ObjectionHighway Services oppose the application due to the lack of parking for the development
Highway Services Division
ObjectionHighway Services oppose the application due to the lack of parking for the development which would lead to illegal overspill parking
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No Objectionthe refurbishment of the shop would probably not have a dramatic increase on the use of the car park and yet there will be two more public car park spaces
DEFA Registered Building Officer
No ObjectionAs the building is neither proposed to be registered, nor located within a conservation area and given the extent of alterations that have previously occurred to the property, I have no objection to the revised proposals.
