22 April 2024 · Acting Head of Development Management (Abigail Morgan); issued by Director of Planning and Building Control (J Chance)
13, St Georges Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 1aj
The application seeks permission to change the use of the ground floor office (previously a hairdressing salon) at 13 St Georges Street, Douglas, to a yoga/pilates studio operating 8am-8pm daily with up to 30 users and no employees.
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The officer assessed the principle of development, impact on neighbouring amenities, and traffic/parking as the key considerations.
General Policy 2
Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 General Policy 2 (b) (c) (g) (h) (i) (k) materially relevant. Officer assessed proposal against policy without detailing specific subclauses but found overall compliance via principle of development, neighbour impact, and parking tests. Small scale and compatibility tipped balance in favour.
Transport Policy 7
Requires assessment of traffic and parking impacts. Officer relied on Highway Services' no-objection to confirm neutral impact, satisfying policy in sustainable city centre location.
Appendix 7.6
Part of Strategic Plan; materially relevant but not elaborated. Assessed within broader transport/parking context with no issues identified.
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.
Restricted use class
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Use Class Order 2019 (and any Order which amend or precede it), the unit may be only used as a yoga studio and not for any other purpose within Class 4.4 of the Schedule. Reason: The impact of the proposal is assessed based on the user intensity of a yoga studio. Changing to other use would require a new assessment.
no objection to this application (27.03.2024)
does not oppose this application (22.03.2024). No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking. Site in sustainable city centre location with on-street parking controlled by TROs.
Highway Services HDC and Douglas Borough Council both have no objections to application 24/00261/C, noting no significant negative highway impacts and a sustainable city centre location.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as the site is in a sustainable city centre location and on-street car parking is controlled by TROs.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionFollowing consideration of the planning applications listed directly below, I can advise that Douglas Borough Council has no objections.; 24/00261/C Change of use from office/hairdressers to yoga/pilates studios Ground Floor Office 13 St Georges Street Douglas Isle Of Man
