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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Application No. : 25/90479/MCH Applicant : Keldevelopements Limited Proposal : Minor Change to 21/00995/B - front boundary walls to be horizontal and not sloped to follow pavement line, gate openings widened Site Address : 6-8 Derby Square Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 3LS

Planning Assistant: Mrs Charlotte Crowe

Recommendation

Recommended Decision:

Permitted Date of Recommendation: 14.05.2025 __

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions

This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. This approval only relates to the following:

o Change to the angle of the front garden walls from sloping to horizontal

o Widening of the entrance gates to the properties

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This decision hereby approved relates to drawings and documents submitted to the Department titled: APPLICATION FORM, LOCATION PLAN, SITE PLAN, COVER LETTER DRAWING LIST, APPROVED AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, and APPROVED AND PROPOSED PLANS, all recorded as being electronically received on 12th May 2025. __

Officer’s Report

INTRODUCTION

The following application is to be assessed against the criteria set out in Part 3 - Minor Changes Applications of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 specifically Articles 21, 22, 23 and 24.

BASIS OF APPLICATION

Previous Applications

21(1) At least one of the following applies:

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this is the only minor changes application that has been made in respect of any particular grant of planning approval;
any previous minor changes application has been either refused or withdrawn;
the minor changes application seeks approval only for the installation of low carbon technology; or
all previous minor changes applications have related solely to the installation of a low carbon technology.

PASS - relates to 21/00995/B

Low Carbon Technology and Permitted Development

21(3) The application relates to the approval of low carbon technology and would it be Permitted Development if the building which it is to serve were substantially complete (if this test is passed, ignore section 3).

N/A

Limitations on when a Minor Change Application may be made

21(2)(a) The Minor Change Application relates to the grant of planning approval in respect of a building

PASS - Relates to the replacement of an existing dwelling and workshop and with three dwellings

21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought

PASS - The applicant's agent outlines clearly the changes within the application form and plans and elevations that have been provided.

21(2)(b) The application specifies why the applicant considers the minor changes to be of a minor nature

Pass - Included in the follow up email. This change is considered to be minor as the amended wall and gate opening now matches the adjacent properties and those in the surrounding area.

21(2)(c)(i) The Minor Change Application does not increase the number of dwellings or buildings for which planning approval has been granted

PASS - No increase.

21(2)(c)(ii)The Minor Change Application does not increase the net external footprint of a building for which planning approval has been granted where this would increase the total floor plan by more than 5% or result in any part of the development being located closer to the curtilage of an adjacent dwelling.

PASS - No increase applied for.

21(2)(c)(iii) The Minor Change Application does not alter the site for which planning approval has been granted and which was defined by a red line on the site location map by changing that line

PASS - No change to site.

21(2)(c)(iv) The Minor Change Application does not make material changes to the vehicular access arrangements for which planning approval has been granted

PASS - No changes

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21(2)(c)(v) The Minor Change Application does not alter the conditions (if any) which have been imposed

PASS - No changes

21(2)(d)The Minor Change Application is not be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired

PASS - Original application approved 01.11.2021.

APPLICATION CONTENT

22(3)(a) Application Form

o Site location plan (with red/blue lines) o The planning approval that is the subject of the application o Explanation of changes being applied for and reasons why o IF relevant, drawings of the proposed minor changes with buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes o Flood risk assessment is not necessary in this case

PASS - Provided

22(3)(b) Provision of other documents specified on form but not in Schedule 1

PASS - No other documents provided

22(3)(4) Fee

PASS - Dealt with at submission

22(6) Such further info as Department may request prior to determination (has anything further been requested and provided?

PASS - Officer telephoned the applicants agent to clarify exactly why they deemed the changes to be of a minor nature, this was provided in an email within a very quick timeframe.

DETERMINATION

23(1)(a) The Minor Change does not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question

PASS - Does not increase size or scale.

23(1)(b) The Minor Change does not significantly change the nature of the development in question

PASS - Nature of original development is not changed.

23(1)(c) The Minor Change does not result in an approval which, at the time of approval, complied with a Development Plan, National Policy Directive or a Planning Policy Statement, ceasing to do so

PASS - Remains compliant.

23(1)(d) The Minor Change does not result in new or increased adverse impacts on adjoining or neighbouring properties or highway safety or having a significant or disproportionate impact on the environment (irrespective of whether such impacts might be outweighed by other considerations)

PASS - There will be no new or increased impacts compared with the parent approval. The proposed wall and gate opening has only been made slightly wider and the angle has insignificantly changed from slightly sloping to horizontal.

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23(1)(e) The Minor Change is not more than minor and is not of a magnitude to warrant a new application

PASS - Considered minor.

23(1)(f)The Minor Change does not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made.

PASS - Basis of original approval remains unchanged.

23(2) If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. - is the application considered acceptable?

PASS - Acceptable

NOTICE OF DECISION

24(2)(a) Set out whether all or some of the changes are accepted

All changes are accepted.

24(2)(b) Set out whether any elements are refused, the reasons for that.

N/A

I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded interested person status and/or rights to appeal.

Decision Made : Permitted

Date: 20.05.2025

Determining officer

Signed : C BALMER

Chris Balmer

Principal Planner

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