16 April 2019 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
1, Snaefell View, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3bf
The proposal seeks permission to retain an existing detached brick garage with attic storage/garden room, built larger and differently from a previously approved scheme, in the rear garden of a two-storey semi-detached house on a corner plot.
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The officer assessed the retrospective garage as acceptable because its scale, size, form, and design accord with General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, having been previously deemed…
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in residential zoning if it respects site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/form/design (b), does not adversely affect landscape/townscape character (c), does not harm local residents' amenity or locality character (g), and provides satisfactory access/parking (h). The officer tested the as-built garage against these, confirming prior approval established acceptability despite changes to garden room use, with scale (7.4x6x4.8m) and brick matching not harming amenity or character; conditions addressed (h).
Ancillary use only
The proposed detached garage may be used only in association with the main dwellinghouse 'No. 1 Snaefell View' and for purposes incidental to the main use of the main dwellinghouse as a single dwelling. Reason: To ensure that the building is only used in association with the main dwellinghouse.
Install new doors and remove electrical meter
The details set out in the Supporting Information, in particular the installation of the new roller doors and patio doors and removal of the electrical meter, date stamped received 18 January 2018, shall be carried out within 3 months of the date of this approval. Reason: To ensure that the building is only used in association with the main dwellinghouse.
Reinstate sod bank
As set out in the Supporting Information the sod bank shall be reinstated to match the dimensions of the existing sod bank (width and height) shall be carried out within 4 months of the date of this approval, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Department. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure that the building is only used in association with the main dwellinghouse.
Highways Division deferred the application pending clarification on proposed commercial gym use in the garage due to insufficient parking, while Jurby Parish Commissioners raised fire safety concerns regarding the loft gym.
Key concern: commercial gym use due to insufficient parking and junction safety
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services does not oppose the domestic uses of the garage but would oppose any commercial use of the facility which includes the gym and the proposed shower.; Highway Services therefore requests that the application is deferred to allow the applicant to consider the above
Jurby Parish Commissioners
Objectionhave concerns that as the loft is proposed to be used as a gym, there is no means of quick escape should a fire breakout in the loft, or the garage space below, and therefore the commissioners consider this to be a fire hazard.
