1 July 2025 · Planning Committee
Panelcraft, Unit 16, Tromode Estate, Tromode, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4rg
The proposal involves the additional use of Unit 16, a large steel-framed industrial building on Tromode Estate, for an indoor recreation facility specifically for cricket practice with four netted lanes, while retaining the western three bays for ongoing industrial use by a car sales and repair business.
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The proposal was approved despite being a departure from the industrial land use designation under Business Policy 5, as it reuses an empty existing building without any external alterations, ensuring…
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Requires priority for new development in identified towns and villages. The site is within Onchan settlement boundary, supporting the general principle of development despite non-industrial use.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Designates Identified Service Centres like Onchan for development. Site location carries significant material weight for accepting development.
General Policy 2
Requires consideration of general development factors including character, amenity, highway safety, and parking. Proposal complies as no visual harm, no neighbour impact, and adequate parking.
Environmental Policy 22
Protects against nuisances like noise, vibration, smell. Indoor use ensures no detrimental impact on wider environment or properties.
Business Policy 1
Supports growth of employment opportunities. Facility generates employment and provides community service.
Business Policy 5
Protects industrial designations for storage and distribution, with exceptions. Proposal departs as non-industrial recreation, but justified by specific indoor cricket use, no external changes, and estate precedent.
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.
Parking provision
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the vehicle / cycle parking areas have been provided in accordance with approved plan (Car Parking layout plan P05 received on 2 May 2025) and the parking areas shall thereafter be kept available for the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development. REASON: In the interests of highway safety.
Use limited to cricket practice
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2019 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), the additional use of the premises hereby approved shall be limited to an indoor recreation facility for cricket practice. REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and because the proposal has been assessed and justified as an exception to policy on the grounds of this specific use.
Ancillary offices restriction
The ancillary use of the offices and meeting rooms, shall only be used in conjunction with the use of the building as an indoor recreational facility cricket practice and shall not be let out or used separately. REASON: To ensure the ancillary use of the premises is used in conjunction with the recreational use.
No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking. Suitable parking facilities subject to implementation before occupation.
No objection.
