3 September 2010 · Planning Committee - signed by Mr. P. Faragher, Deputy Secretary to the Planning Committee
Temporary Carpark, Market Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2pa
The proposal involves redeveloping a temporary car park on the site of former print works/offices on Market Street, opposite Marks & Spencer, with a predominantly 6-storey (22.6m high, 44m wide) office building providing approximately 2268 sq.m net office floorspace.
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The officer assessed principal issues of land use, highways, visual amenity, and impact on Victoria Hall. Land use was acceptable as the site is zoned 'Predominantly Office' in the Douglas Local Plan …
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 (implied as standard development management policy). Officer applied it implicitly through assessment of principle of development, ensuring compatibility with zoning and no unacceptable impacts. Tested office use against town centre location.
Environment Policy 42
Requires new development in settlements to respect locality's character/identity, avoiding inappropriate backland development or loss of visual amenity spaces. Officer found proposal acceptable form for site: intensely urban, no protected green space; setbacks, varied materials, stepping avoid canyon-effect unlike prior refusal; reads well in wider context of taller neighbours.
Business Policy 7
New office floorspace should locate in town/village centres on zoned land. Site zoned Predominantly Office in Douglas Local Plan; proposal complies directly, no exceptional circumstances needed.
Transport Policy 4
Officer addressed via highways assessment; parking need (24-45 spaces) met by conditioned provision in adjacent PA 10/00370/B car park.
Transport Policy 7
Similar to TP4; focused on parking standards satisfied by multi-storey provision.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This permission relates to the erection of office building (with potential alternative use of lower floors as library) as shown in drawing numbers SK02, SK03, SK23, SK24, SK11, SK06, SK10, SK12, SK14, SK17, SK07 date stamped 31st March 2010, 120 date stamped 28th April 2010 and SK09 Rev A date stamped 21st July. Supporting statement from Dandara Commercial Limited date stamped 31st March 2010.
Materials approval
No development shall take place until samples of the facing, roofing and paving materials have been submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority, and these works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
Car parking scheme
No development may commence on the site until a car parking scheme showing how 45 parking spaces will be provided within the multi-storey car park to be built under planning permission 10/00370/B granted on the 14th June 2010. The building may not be occupied until such spaces within the car parking scheme are available for use by the occupants of the permitted building.
Pedestrian access
The building shall not be used until the pedestrian means of access to the building have been constructed in accordance with the approved plans, and those means of access shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purposes.
Use restriction
The building shall be used only for those purposes within Class 4 (offices) Schedule 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2005 and in addition the ground and first floor of the building may be used as a public library.
Does not oppose subject to condition requiring car park under PA 10/00370/B completed before occupation
No objection
No objection subject to drainage systems combining at boundary
Does not oppose the application
