12 April 2011 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Isle Of Man Education, Kewaigue School, Kewaigue, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1qh
The proposal involved single-storey extensions to the existing school building to provide improved sanitary provision and office/library space for staff and pupils, including a flat-roofed section continuing from the existing building and a pitched-roof section up to the western boundary.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 2 and Community Policy 5 from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan. The key issue was visual impact on the locality's amenities, as the extension wou…
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 requires development to respect visual amenities. Officer assessed the extension's prominence from public views but found impact acceptable due to partial obscuring by canopy, matching materials, and continuation of existing roof forms.
Community Policy 5
Community Policy 5 supports educational facilities. Applied to extension of school facilities with no specific tensions noted; proposal aligned as extension to existing use.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This permission relates to extensions to a school building as shown in drawing numbers P01 and P02 date stamped 23 December 2010. P03 A date stamped 3rd March 2011.
Materials matching
No facing materials shall be used other than materials similar to those used on the existing building.
Roof materials
The pitched roof must be finished in dark natural slate.
Bat protection method statement
No development shall be carried until a method statement, demonstrating how the bats within the building will be protected during the construction of the development, has been submitted and approved by the Planning Authority and thereafter the development will be carried out in accordance with the approved method statement.
No adverse Traffic Impacts
No objection
Development could affect bats but possible without harm if planned into works; recommend method statement condition
No objection
