18 January 2013 · Planning Committee
Bekkies Bites, Unit Kb1, Harcourt Drive, Balthane Industrial Estate, Balthane, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 2ah
The proposal involves changing the use of a single-storey brick industrial unit (120 sq m gross) to a cafe serving estate patrons, with alterations like replacing the roller shutter door with a glazed door, adding patio doors, and providing a rear outdoor seating area for around 20 people.
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The site is in an industrial area per the 1982 Development Plan and draft Southern Area Plan, where Business Policy 5 restricts non-industrial uses like retailing unless specific exceptions apply and …
Business Policy 5
Restricts permission on industrial land to industrial development or storage/distribution; retailing not permitted except where items could not reasonably be sold from town centres due to size/nature or produced on-site, and no detriment to town centre vitality/viability. Officer assessed the cafe (retail use) as primarily serving estate staff in a neglected industrial area, unlikely to threaten nearby catering or attract outsiders, thus not detracting from town centres despite strict zoning.
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 conversion of the existing unit to a cafe as shown in drawings 1184.1, 1184.2, 1184.3 and 1184.4, all received on 5th December 2012.
do not object to this Application
Do not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
wish to express their interest... and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority
Manx Electricity Authority, Highways Division, and Malew Parish Commissioners all responded with no objections to the conversion of an industrial unit to a cafe with external seating.
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThe Authority wish to express their interest in the following planning applications, and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority.
Conditions requested: condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Malew Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThey do not object to this Application.
