13 November 2014 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Jennifer Chance)
Thie Ny Cronk, Dreemskerry Road, Ballajora, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 1bl
The application sought full planning permission for a 50sqm extension to an existing 60sqm detached triple garage at a dormer bungalow in rural Ballajora, turning the footprint 90 degrees to form an L-shape with four garage doors, flat roof serving as a balcony/terrace accessed from above-garage accommodation, and glas…
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Officers raised initial concerns that the extension was large, almost doubling the existing triple garage despite ample existing storage including sheds, and poorly designed with a flat roof and awkwa…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside (land outside settlements) for its own sake; development not permitted unless overriding national need and no alternative. Site is countryside but existing dwelling; garage extension assessed as not adversely affecting due to screening, despite scale.
Environment Policy 2
Protects character of Areas of High Landscape Value and Scenic Significance (AHLV); development permitted if no harm to landscape character or location essential. Proposal's harm limited by site's seclusion; would harm if more visible.
General Policy 2
Permits development respecting site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design (b), not adversely affecting landscape character (c) or local amenity (g). Large/poorly-designed extension increases garage impact but site's screening prevents significant adverse effects.
Housing Policy 16
Extensions to non-traditional/poor form dwellings not permitted if increasing public impact. Non-traditional bungalow; extension increases garage impact but limited visibility means no refusal grounds.
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.
Materials matching
The development hereby approved shall, in all matters save for floor of the roof terrace, match the existing materials of the existing garage. Reason: in the interest of the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings.
do not object to the application
Manx Utilities raised a conditional no objection due to nearby underground cables/overhead lines requiring contact and safety measures; Maughold Parish Commissioners had no objections; the case officer expressed strong concerns about policy conflict and visual impact, recommending refusal without amendments.
Key concern: proposal conflicts with Housing Policy 16 by increasing visual impact from highway
Manx Utilities
Conditional No ObjectionThere are underground cables/overhead lines present in the area indicated in you planning application.; Please contact our Network Operations Department, Manx Utilities (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around cables and overhead lines which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site.
Conditions requested: applicant must contact the Authority; contact Network Operations Department (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around cables and overhead lines which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site; Contact the Manx Utilities for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents (Tel. 687766), before any work is carried out on site; Contact the Manx Utilities Planning Department (Tel. 687781), to discuss the electricity supply for this application; All work to be carried out with reference to Health and Safety Executive Guidance Notes HS(G)47 & GS6
Maughold Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have no objections to these proposals.
Edmond Riley (Assistant Planning Officer)
ObjectionThe extension of non-traditional dwellings or those of poor or inappropriate form will not generally be permitted where this would increase the impact of the building as viewed by the public.; I shall assess the application in its current form, which is likely to carry a recommendation for refusal.; it is never appropriate to approve development purely because it is screened by vegetation.
Conditions requested: any approval would come with a condition requiring the three sheds' removal within a short period (probably one month) of completion of the works
