18 September 2014 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control
16, Royal Avenue, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1ha
The site is a two-storey mid-terraced house in a street of 1930s/1940s properties, with a front garden and sloping rear yard. The proposed single-storey lean-to extension measures 3.9m projection, 3.7m width, and 3.9m max height, replacing a smaller existing conservatory (2m projection, 4m width, 2.8m height).
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The officer considered the main issues to be visual impact on the street scene and neighbour amenity (loss of light, overbearing impact, privacy).
Policy O/RES/P/21 of the Onchan Local Plan (Planning Circular 1/2000)
Applies to residential areas; states extensions and alterations will generally not be opposed if appropriate in scale, massing, design, appearance, and impact on adjacent property. Officer found proposal appropriate, with no adverse visual or neighbour impacts.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, not adversely affect character/amenity/road safety, and provide satisfactory standards. Officer assessed proposal meets (b), (c), (f), (g), (h), (i) due to rear location, compatible design, minor neighbour impact mitigated by fencing and lower floor.
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.
Boundary fence
Within one month of the occupation of the approved rear extension the 1.8 metre high boundary fence along the boundary shared with Nr 14 Royal Avenue is required to be erected and retained thereafter, as shown on drawing 2. Reason: To prevent overlooking resulting in a loss of privacy.
no objection
no objection
Onchan District Commissioners recommend approval of the application for planning purposes only.
Onchan District Commissioners
SupportThe Commissioners recommend that the application be APPROVED for planning purposes only.
