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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Application No. : 25/90563/C Applicant : Lanz Investments Limited Proposal : Change use of portion of second floor of existing office building from Staff Breakout Space to Class 1.1(e) for the provision of beauty treatments Site Address : Park House Isle Of Man Business Park Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 2SA

Planning Officer: Peiran Shen Photo Taken :

Site Visit :

Expected Decision Level : Planning Committee

Recommendation

Recommended Decision:

Permitted Date of Recommendation: 29.07.2025 __

Conditions and Notes for Approval C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions

C 1. 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.

C 2. The use of part of the second floor as a beauty treatment as shown on drawing number 340/020 shall only be used for the purpose of beauty treatments Use Class 1.1(e) only.

Reason: As the land is designated for industrial, parking provisions any other use should be reassessed in a new application.

This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. Due to its small scale and the variety of existing uses near the site, the proposal is considered to have no impact on neighbouring properties or parking provision. It is considered to comply with General Policy 2, Business Policy 5, and Transport Policy 7 of the Strategic Plan.

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This approval relates to the documents, planning statement and drawing no. 340/001, 340/002, 340/020, which have all been received on 2nd June 2025.

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Right to Appeal

It is recommended that the following organisations should NOT be given the Right to Appeal: Braddan Parish Commissioners- No objection DoI Highway Services - No objection __

Officer’s Report

THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AS IT COULD BE CONSIDERED CONTRARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN BUT RECOMMEND FOR AN APPROVAL

1.0 THE SITE 1.1 The site is Park House, Isle of Man Business Park, Douglas, an office building located west of Vicarage Road. The building sits back from the road, with car parks in front of it.

1.2 The site shares a car park with several buildings, including a pub, a shop and a nursery.

2.0 THE PROPOSAL 2.1 The proposal is to use parts of the second floor as a beauty treatment (nail salon) Use Class 1.1(e). Currently the area is used as two meeting rooms and a breakout space in association with the office use within the building.

3.0 PLANNING HISTORY 3.1 Extend second floor of existing office building to create additional staff amenity space and remove external porch was APPROVED under PA 21/01108/B. The approval stipulated that the approved area could only be used as a staff breakout space, not as office space. The reason is that the parking demand was only assessed on this basis. The current application is changing the use of the area approved in this application.

4.0 PLANNING POLICY Site Specific 4.1 The site is within an area designated as Industrial in the Area Plan for the East.

Strategic Policy 4.2 The Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 contains the following policies that are considered materially relevant to the assessment of this current planning application: o General Policy 2 (b) (c) (f) (g) (k) (m) (n) o Business Policy 5 o Transport Policy 7 o Appendix 7.6

PPS and NPD 4.3 No planning policy statement or national policy directive is considered materially relevant to this application.

5.0 OTHER MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS Strategy and Guidance 5.1 There is no strategy or guidance materially relevant to this application.

6.0 REPRESENTATIONS 6.1 Braddan Parish Commissioners have no objection to this application (24.06.2025).

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6.2 DoI Highway Services does not oppose this application (10.06.2025). The comment states that there is no significant negative impact on highway safety, network functionality, and/or parking, as there is suitable parking within the site for both existing and proposed uses.

7.0 ASSESSMENT Elements of Assessment 7.1 The main considerations for this application are the principle of the development, its impact on neighbouring properties and parking.

Principal of the Application 7.2 While the site is designated for industrial use, buildings around this car park already have a variety of non-industrial uses (i.e. public house, food outlets, nursery, car sales and office use). Given the small scale of the proposal, the nail salon is considered acceptable in this specific instance.

Neighbouring Impact 7.3 The beauty treatment salon (nail salon) is of a small scale, so it is considered to have no negative impact on neighbouring properties.

Parking Provision 7.4 The beauty treatment salon requires two or three new parking spaces for both employees and customers. Given the existing parking provision, the addition of three car parking spaces is not considered to harm the parking provision of the area. Furthermore, it is likely that persons working in the area and within walking distance of the site, could use the beauty salon, without the need of parking.

8.0 CONCLUSION 8.1 Due to its small scale and the variety of existing uses near the site, the proposal is considered to have no impact on neighbouring properties or parking provision. Therefore, the proposal is considered to comply with General Policy 2, Business Policy 5, and Transport Policy 7 of the Strategic Plan, and it is recommended for approval.

9.0 RIGHT TO APPEAL AND RIGHT TO GIVE EVIDENCE 9.1 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 sets out the process for determining planning applications (including appeals). It sets out a Right to Appeal (i.e. to submit an appeal against a planning decision) and a Right to Give Evidence at Appeals (i.e. to participate in an appeal if one is submitted).

9.2 Article A10 sets out that the right to appeal is available to: o applicant (in all cases); o a Local Authority; Government Department; Manx Utilities; and Manx National Heritage that submit a relevant objection; and o any other person who has made an objection that meets specified criteria.

9.3 Article 8(2)(a) requires that in determining an application, the Department must decide who has a right to appeal, in accordance with the criteria set out in article A10.

9.4 The Order automatically affords the Right to Give Evidence to the following (no determination is required): o any appellant or potential appellant (which includes the applicant); o the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, the Department of Infrastructure and the local authority for the area; o any other person who has submitted written representations (this can include other Government Departments and Local Authorities); and o in the case of a petition, a single representative.

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I confirm that this decision has been made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority afforded to that body by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Committee has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded interested person status and/or rights to appeal.

Decision Made: Permitted Date: 11.08.2025

Signed : Mr Peiran Shen Presenting Officer

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