Demolish existing dwelling and garage and erection of a building to provide two residential apartments with associated parking

Refusal Reasons

• ✗The application site is not zoned for development and the creation of an additional dwelling is therefore contrary to both adopted general planning policy within the Isle of Man Strategic Plan and Area Plan for the South, which seek to restrict such development to appropriate towns and villages. Approval of the planning application would result in unwarranted residential development in the countryside.
• ✗The proposal is contrary to Housing Policy 14 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 in that the proposed development within a prominent position, if approved, would be detrimental to the visual amenity of the area by reason of its, scale, massing and design.
• ✗The proposed dwellings due to its scale, massing and design within a prominent position in the street scene would not be of an acceptable standard and would cause a visually intrusive feature in this location and would cause a detrimental impact to the visual amenities of the street scene contrary to Strategic Policy 5 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007.
• ✗The proposal requires the removal of approximate 10 metres in length of existing Manx Stone walling and require the removal of the existing landscaping, all along the northern boundary to provide the required parking spaces and required visibility splays. It is considered this would result in a loss of a large part of the rear boundary treatment and consequently would appear as an open car park detrimental to the visual amenities of the street scene.
• ✗The proposal, if approved, would be likely to generate an increase number of vehicular movements and result in four separate accesses all of which would jeopardise the safety of highway users particularly along the site's access with Mount Gawne Road, given the applicants does not own or have control of the neighbouring land to provide the required visibility splays in a north-westerly direction.