15 October 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Isle Of Man Post Office, Southern Postal Delivery Office, Ronaldsway, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 2aa
The proposal involves demolishing an existing single-storey flat-roofed office block with a two-storey central element (33m x 6.5m footprint) at the front of Barrule House, an industrial knitting factory, and replacing it with a larger two-storey extension measuring 33m long x 9.7m deep with a mono-pitched roof, constr…
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The officer concluded the proposal is an acceptable form of development that would be visually acceptable and would not harm the use and enjoyment of neighbouring properties or the industrial setting,…
Business Policy 1
Requires growth of employment opportunities. Officer assessed the extension as enhancing manufacturing functionality and indirectly facilitating more employment in line with the existing use.
Business Policy 2
Concerns provision and regards to industrial development. Proposal aligns with land use designation for light industrial in Business Park, replacing underused offices with factory space.
Business Policy 5
Limits industrial land for storage/distribution and retail. Assessed as acceptable for manufacturing (no retail proposed), within Employment Policy 3 for Ronaldsway Business Park.
General Policy 2
General Development Considerations (a-n), including visual impact (b,c), amenity (g), highways (h,i), flood risk (l). Proposal compliant as visually integrated, no amenity/highway harm, low flood risk.
Spatial Policy 5
Building in defined settlements or GP3. Supports principle of development enhancing visual impact and functionality in industrial area.
Strategic Policy 5 - Design and visual impact
Design and visual impact. Design echoes factory proportions, uses matching materials, breaks massing with glazing, improving appearance.
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.
No signage approval
For the avoidance of doubt no approval is hereby given for any sign or logo indicated on the building, the roof or anywhere else shown on any submitted plan. Reason: An application for Advertisement Consent is required.
Parking provision
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the parking has been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times. Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking and turning of vehicles in the interests of highway safety.
Use restriction
The floor area within the extension hereby approval shall only be used for the purposes of General Industrial/Manufacturing as shown on approved drawing 24_1837P2/014 and retained thereafter. Reason: The application sought additional manufacturing space and the use has been considered on this basis only.
do not object (suggested possibility of installing roof solar panels)
no objection - no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
no objection with condition - no surface water run off to be discharged onto the highway
