22 August 2014 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (in the name of Director of Planning and Building Control)
27, Ashberry Avenue, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1py
The proposal involves converting the existing integral garage of a two-storey semi-detached house into living space, retaining the utility and WC, replacing the front garage door with a window matching the existing ground floor windows (with bricking underneath), and adding a new obscured glazing window on the southeas…
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The officer assessed four key issues: impact on the existing dwelling's form and character, street scene, neighbouring amenity, and parking/highway safety.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in scale/form/design (b), not adversely affect townscape character (c), not harm local residents' amenity/locality character (g), and provide adequate parking/highway access (h,i). Officer assessed proposal against these, finding window matches existing design with no harm to dwelling/street scene, no amenity impact due to obscured glazing/site layout, and parking adequate per evidence despite sub-standard dimensions.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
no objection
do not oppose following submission of photographic evidence of two vehicles on driveway; withdrew parking condition request