29 August 2019 · Planning Committee
Unit 6, Gladstone Park Industrial Estate, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 2la
The proposal sought permission to change the use of Unit 1A in Gladstone Park Industrial Estate, Ramsey, to allow Against The Grain Limited (trading as Top Banana) to prepare, store, and distribute food including a 'meals on wheels' service, alongside retail sales of free-from foods, healthier options, zero-waste items…
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The Planning Committee refused the application despite the officer's recommendation to approve, determining that it had not been demonstrated that the retail use (class 1) would be ancillary to the pr…
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with land-use zoning and other criteria like respecting surroundings, amenity, highways, and townscape. Officer assessed proposal as compliant overall except for zoning tension with retail, but Committee found it failed due to retail element adversely affecting locality character and town centre.
Business Policy 5
On industrial land, permits only industrial/storage/distribution; retail allowed only if items couldn't reasonably be sold in town centre due to size/nature or produced on-site without severing from business, and without detracting from town centre vitality. Officer viewed retail as associated with food production and convenient for bulk sales with parking, but Committee ruled tests not met as retail not demonstrated ancillary.
No objection after applicant removed café (Class 3) element
Highway Services objected due to inadequate parking provision; Ramsey Town Commissioners initially objected to Class 3 use in industrial zone but later had no objection to amended plans; Ramsey Chamber of Commerce objected citing harm to town centre vitality.
Key concern: Inadequate parking provision and potential overspill parking on public highway
Ramsey Chamber of Commerce
ObjectionI OBJECT to this planning to this application; RCOC does have major concerns for allowing planning application such as this to have a negative effect for established businesses within the Town centre of Ramsey; By allowing this application to proceed will set a precedent
Highway Services Division
ObjectionHighway Services oppose the application due to a lack of information and a failure to demonstrate that there would be adequate site parking provision to meet the site parking demand
Ramsey Town Commissioners
Objectionhave resolved to Object to the proposal
Ramsey Town Commissioners
Conditional No Objectionhave no objection to retail (Class 1) however we do have an objection to the retail (Class 3) proposal
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No Objectionhave no objection to the amended plans
