29 September 2010 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated authority under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
32, Third Avenue, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 4na
The proposal involves adding a dormer window to the rear roof of a two-bedroom mid-terrace house to create an additional bedroom in the roof space, necessitating a modest 200mm increase in the ridge height for adequate headroom. The site is in a residential area of Onchan.
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The officer identified three main issues: impact on public amenity, private amenity, and highway safety. The dormer on the rear has little visibility to the public, but the 200mm ridge height increase…
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 dormer and ridge raise as appropriate in these respects, with modest scale and no adverse neighbour impact.
General Policy 2
Permits development in accordance with zoning if it respects site/surroundings in siting, scale, form, design; does not adversely affect townscape character, residential amenity, or highway safety. The officer found compliance, noting modest ridge change respects the residential townscape, no amenity harm, and no highway effect. Paragraph 8.12.1 presumes favourably on extensions in built-up areas without adverse impacts.
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 drawing no. 01 rev. A date stamped the 19th August 2010 and drawing no. 02 date stamped the 22nd July 2010.
Do not oppose
