7 December 2010 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Ballachesed, St. Marks, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 3ah
The proposal involves alterations and extensions to the existing two-storey traditional dwelling, including converting an integral garden store to living accommodation (bedroom and office), replacing small square windows with vertically proportioned ones, extending the former store by 2.5m with a pitched roof, infillin…
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The proposal was assessed against Planning Policy Statement 1/01 and Environment Policy 35, requiring development to preserve or enhance the appearance and character of Conservation Areas.
Environment Policy 35
Requires development within Conservation Areas to preserve or enhance the character and appearance. Officer assessed dwelling alterations as enhancing the poorly designed facade via better windows and pitched roofs; garage acceptable due to matching materials, scale, and partial screening despite infilling space.
Planning Policy Statement 1/01 - Policy CA/2 (Conservation Areas)
Requires proposals in Conservation Areas to preserve or enhance character. Conservation Officer applied this post-refusal of prior scheme, finding conversion/extension enhances facade, pitched roofs match vernacular, and garage acceptable in context due to scale, massing, matching finishes, and screening from roads.
Environment Policy 4
Draft policy for Incised Slopes requires extensions/additions designed and landscaped to mitigate landscape impact of existing and proposed development. Assessed as compliant with garage softened by screening/planting and matching design.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the alterations to the dwelling and the erection of a new garage/store as shown in drawings RE1, RE2, RE3, RTE/5B, RTE/6A and RTE/7 all received on 11th October, 2010.
Do not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
