14 July 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Post A Rose, Unit 13, Springham Ind Est, Spring Valley Industrial Estate, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 2qu
The proposal involves adding a mezzanine floor inside Unit 13 of the Hospice IoM premises, measuring approximately 24m x 9m, to create extra storage space for donated items like furniture, without altering the existing public shop floor or external appearance of the building.
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The officer assessed the principle of development under Business Policy 1 and 5, finding the internal mezzanine for storage of donated items aligns with the industrial land use designation and could i…
Business Policy 1
Requires creation of employment opportunities. The officer assessed that the mezzanine for hospice storage could indirectly help facilitate more employment opportunities, aligning with the policy.
Business Policy 5
Limits retail and supports storage and distribution on industrial sites. The internal mezzanine does not add retail uses or increase shop floor area, maintaining compliance with the industrial designation and preferential uses like warehousing.
General Policy 2
Covers general development considerations including amenity (b,c,g), highway safety (h,i). The proposals comply as they are internal with no external alterations, negligible traffic impact, and no harm to neighbouring amenity or site manoeuvrability.
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.
Use restriction to storage only
For the avoidance of doubt the mezzanine floor/area hereby approved and as shown on drawing 03 shall only be used for storage purposes and shall not be open to members of the public to visit and/or any retail use. Reason: In the interest of adequate parking provision and the proposal is for storage purposes only and has been considered on this basis only.
No objection - no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as there is suitable parking available for the intensification of the site - increase parking demand will be low due to the storage nature of the proposals
