31 January 2011 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated authority under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Amarantine, Ballaragh Road, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7ph
The proposal involves alterations and the erection of a modest extension onto the existing garage at the detached dwelling known as Melview on Ballaragh Road in Laxey, creating a recreation area that is set into the ground to match the garage roof ridge and screened by the existing house and higher road level.
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The officer considered the site as the residential curtilage of a detached dwelling in a residential-zoned area under the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan.
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with area plan zoning provided it respects site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, does not adversely affect amenity, character, highway safety, or nearby land uses, and meets other criteria like services and energy efficiency. The officer assessed the modest extension's scale, siting (set into ground, screened), and lack of impacts on amenity/highway safety, concluding it fully accords with the policy. Local policy L/RES/PR/6 was noted for the site's residential zoning allowing up to three dwellings but not directly tested as this is a householder extension.
Policy L/RES/PR/6 (Area 7)
This local plan policy deems area 7 suitable for a maximum of three new dwellings with access/drainage requirements. The site is designated under this policy within residential zoning; the officer noted it without issue for the existing dwelling's extension, implying compatibility.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to drawing no.s HLK/10/0289/1, HLK/10/0289/2 and HLK/10/0289/3 date stamped the 17th December 2010.
Approve / recommends approval / no objections
Do not oppose / has no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implication
No objection subject to no discharge of surface water to foul drainage and soakaway subject to Building Control
Water & Sewerage Authority Drainage Division has no objection subject to a condition on surface water discharge; Highways Division does not oppose due to no adverse traffic implications; Laxey Village Commissioners recommend approval.
Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority Drainage Division
Conditional No ObjectionNo Objection: - subject to the following conditions:-; The use of soakaways are subject to Building Control approval and if this approval is not granted, the Drainage Division would not give permission for the discharge of surface water into the existing foul system and an alternative means of disposal would have to be sought.
Conditions requested: There must be NO discharge of surface water (including that from roofs and paved areas) from this proposed development to any foul drainage system(s) so as to comply with the requirements of the Isle of Man Water & Sewerage Authority, Drainage Division and the Sewerage Act 1999.
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implication
Laxey Village Commissioners
Supportthe Board recommends approval of the above application.
