2 July 2010 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
86, Summerhill Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1nh
The application proposed replacing existing windows throughout the house with uPVC frames and double-glazed units, matching the existing pane composition and stained glass due to dry rot and damp issues. The site is the curtilage of a semi-detached dwelling in a predominantly residential area of Onchan.
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The proposed uPVC windows maintain the existing opening style and appearance, making them unobjectionable in a residential area.
Policy O/RES/P/21 of the Onchan Local Plan (Planning Circular 1/2000)
Requires that extensions and alterations to existing residential property will generally not be opposed where appropriate in terms of scale, massing, design, appearance and impact on adjacent property. The officer assessed the window replacement as maintaining existing style and appearance, thus appropriate with no adverse neighbour impact.
General Policy 2
Permits development in accordance with land-use zoning if it respects site surroundings in scale, form, design, does not adversely affect residential amenity or locality character. Replacement windows were deemed compliant as they are like-for-like, with no issues on amenity, traffic, or other GP2 criteria raised.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the location plan and window specification date stamped the 20th May 2010.
recommend that the application be APPROVED for planning purposes only
