19 August 2024 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (Jennifer Chance)
Isle Of Man Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Station, Farrants Way, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1nr
The proposal involves demolishing a utilitarian flat-roofed former fire station building and reconfiguring the site to provide 22 new parking spaces, adding to the existing 14 for a total of 36 spaces, including 4 EV spaces and 4 disabled bays, with a one-way system and 6m driveway.
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The officer assessed that the proposal would not have a significant adverse effect on residential amenity or the character of the area, as the existing utilitarian building contributes little to the t…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect amenity, character, highway safety, and avoid significant harm. Officer assessed proposal against criteria including visual impact, neighbour amenity, highway safety, and ecology, finding no significant adverse effects and compliance with sub-clauses (h & i) on safety.
Environmental Policy 22
Protects neighbouring amenity from noise, disturbance. Increased parking would not significantly raise noise over existing use, and no key disturbance concerns raised by objectors.
Environment Policy 36
Guides development outside but close to Conservation Area boundaries. Removal of 1m roadside wall acceptable as it improves visibility, side/rear walls retained, and nearby parking areas lack full walls without harming views.
Transport Policy 4
Requires safe access and visibility. Wall alterations and layout per drawing improve visibility; DOI Highways confirm acceptability.
Transport Policy 6 - Equal weight for vehicles and pedestrians
Equal consideration for pedestrians. Layout allows easy pedestrian movement; wall removal aids views of footway pedestrians.
Transport Policy 7
Parking meets Manual for Manx Roads standards; public car park aids town centre parking strategy.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Access, parking and turning
The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use unless the access, visibility, and all parking and turning areas, have been provided and surfaced in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans (Drawing No. 06.) received 12.01.2024. Once provided, all access, parking and turning areas shall thereafter be permanently retained as such. Reason: In the interest of highway safety.
Public car park retention
The additional car parking provision hereby approved is to serve as a public car park and not for use by a single organisation. The car park shall remain open to the public and shall be retained as such. Reason: The Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on the basis of the specific use and the documents submitted.
Recommend no objection, subject to all access arrangements including visibility splays according to drawing No. 06
DOI Highways initially requested a road safety audit but later recommended no objection subject to conditions; DEFA Ecosystem Policy Officer recommended soft landscaping; Castletown Town Commissioners had no objection to proposed conditions; public representations included one ob…
Key concern: Road safety audit required
DOI Highways
Conditional No ObjectionVisibility splays have been provided from the exit access at 2.4m by 43m, meeting the requirement for vehicles up to 30mph; The alteration to the highway...will require a Section 109(A) Highway Agreement; Highways DC can now recommend DNOC, subject to all access arrangements including visibility splays to accord to drawing No. 06
Conditions requested: Road safety audit to be provided; All access arrangements including visibility splays to accord to drawing No. 06
DEFA Ecosystem Policy Officer
Conditional No ObjectionThe Ecosystem Policy Team recommend that some type of soft landscaping is undertaken on site to mitigate against the small loss
Conditions requested: Soft landscaping plan to be provided prior to works commencing, e.g. low level shrubs or hedging in no parking area
Castletown Town Commissioners
No ObjectionI can confirm that we would have no objection to your proposed condition
