15 April 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Offshore Vapes, 11, Castle Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2ex
The proposal involves installing a retractable awning above the shopfront of a two-storey end-of-terrace building with ground floor café/restaurant and first floor flat, in Douglas's main shopping street.
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The officer assessed the key considerations of impact on the building itself, character and streetscene, and highway safety.
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 (b), (c), and (g) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 requires development to respect the character and appearance of the area and not harm amenity or highway safety. The officer assessed the awning's design as sympathetic to the building and streetscene with existing awnings and shopfront variety, and confirmed highway clearance exceeds requirements. No tensions noted; full compliance found.
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 objection to the proposed works subject to an access agreement for maintenance works
requests that the lowest point of the awning be higher than 2.6m to comply with the Manual for Manx Road; requests that the projection of the awning be no more than the width of the approved seating area
Douglas City Council has no objections to the retractable awning installation subject to ensuring access to their nearby lighting column.
Key concern: access to lighting column
Douglas City Council
Conditional No ObjectionDouglas City Council has no objections to the proposals subject to the following.; we need to ensure that the Council’s electrical services team can access the column at all times.; the applicant contacts the Council’s electrical services team to discuss the appropriate measures needed
Conditions requested: applicant to contact Council’s electrical services team (696385) to discuss appropriate measures ensuring access to the column at all times
