30 June 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
1, St. Ninians Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4bb
The proposal involves building a detached timber-clad structure with a shallow pitched bitumen shingle roof, measuring 7m wide by 4.2m deep by 3.088m high at the end of the rear garden of a two-storey end-terraced house on St Ninians Road, opposite Nobles Park.
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The officer assessed the principle of development as acceptable under Paragraph 9.3.4(c) of the Strategic Plan, which permits home offices without staff employment, day-to-day callers, or detriment to…
Spatial Policy 5
Protects environment; combined with SP3(b), proposal complies as no harm to character/appearance.
General Policy 2
Permits development respecting site/surroundings (b), not adversely affecting townscape (c), resident amenity/locality character (g), or providing highway access/parking (h); tested against proposal's scale, ancillary business use, conditioned visits minimising impacts.
Paragraph 9.3.4(c) Strategic Plan
Supports home offices without staff, day-to-day callers or residential detriment, exception to Business Policy 7; four weekly one-hour visits ancillary, conditioned, not detrimental.
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.
Materials approval
The building hereby approved shall be finished in the materials specified on Drawing No. APL 105 Rev 1. Reason: In the interest of the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
Business visit limits
There shall be no more than four business-related visits to the building hereby approved each week and these shall be on a one-to-one basis and last for no more than one hour. Reason: To minimise pressure on parking in the interest of road safety and to preserve the residential character of the area.
Business visit hours and arrangements
Business-related visits to the building hereby approved shall be by appointment only and shall be held between the hours of 8am and 8pm. These meetings shall take place inside the building. Reason: To minimise noise and disturbance in the interest of nearby residential occupiers.
No objections
