1 July 2025 · Planning Committee
68, Patrick Street, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1bs
The proposal seeks to change a narrow, steeply sloping sliver of overgrown land (currently zoned for industrial use) behind no. 68 Patrick Street in Peel from industrial to residential garden curtilage. This land, owned by DEFA, is between residential terraces and an adjacent industrial estate at The Fish Yard.
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The proposal conflicts with Business Policy 5 as the land is zoned for industrial use, where permission is only given for industrial development or storage/distribution, but officers weighed this agai…
General Policy 2
Requires development not to prejudice adjoining land uses or visual amenity. Officers found the proposal acceptable as it relates well to adjoining residential properties, does not worsen industrial impacts on the garden, and maintains visual amenity under controls.
Environment Policy 24 - Pollution sensitive development
Permits pollution-sensitive uses near pollution sources if measures safeguard amenity. Site visit confirmed existing courtyard already experiences noise/odour from industry; garden use will not exacerbate this, and applicant accepts impacts.
Environment Policy 42
Protects open/green spaces contributing to visual amenity and sense of place. The overgrown site's minimal contribution to amenity means small-scale change has negligible impact; conditions prevent over-domestication.
Business Policy 5 - Land zoned for industrial use
Restricts non-industrial uses on zoned land. Proposal conflicts as it changes to residential curtilage, but outweighed by site's unsuitability for industry (topography, overgrowth, separation) and emerging plan re-zoning.
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 structures or platforms
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2025 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no sheds, summerhouses or other buildings or other structures, including raised platforms, shall be erected or constructed over the site without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.
No fences, gates or enclosures
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2025 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no fences, gates, walls, or other means of enclosure shall be erected or placed within the site without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.
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