15 April 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
67, Strand Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2en
The proposal involves converting the ground floor rear garage area of a mid-terrace retail building on Strand Street, accessed from Market Street, into extra storage for the shop. This requires infilling the garage door opening with smooth render painted black (amended from matching brick due to material unavailability…
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The officer assessed whether blocking up the garage door for storage would harm retail operations, the public highway, or the streetscene.
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 permits development in accordance with land use zoning if it meets criteria including (c) no adverse effect on surrounding townscape character, (g) no adverse effect on local residents' amenity or locality character, (h) satisfactory access, parking, and servicing, and (i) no unacceptable impact on road safety or traffic. The officer tested the proposal against these, finding the black render amendment acceptable for streetscene impact, no highway harm due to adjacent loading space and central location, and no amenity or safety issues in the Mixed Use retail area.
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; loading/unloading for the unit can be completed adjacent to the unit
No objection provided that existing waste and recycling storage is not disrupted and no bins are left on the highway
no objection provided that existing waste and recycling storage is not disrupted and no bins are left on the highway
Highway Services HDC and Douglas City Council both have no objections to application 25/90121/B, with Highways noting no highway impacts due to the commercial location and Douglas City Council confirming no issues with waste storage arrangements.
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 the commercial centre of Douglas with public parking available and loading/unloading for the unit can be completed adjacent to the unit.
Douglas City Council
No Objectionwe do not have any objections to the proposed development.; there will be no detrimental effect on the existing waste and recycling storage arrangements, if anything the storage arrangements will be improved and possibly allow for the installation of some bicycle storage.; The removal of the garage will provide a better storage space for bins and recycling as there will no longer be a requirement to keep the garage entrance area clear.
