15 April 2014 · Planning Committee
Isle Of Man Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Station, Farrants Way, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1nr
The application seeks approval in principle to demolish the existing single-storey flat-roofed fire station and redevelop the 30m x 16m site for residential purposes, without specific layout details at this stage.
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The officer found no objection to demolishing the existing fire station of limited architectural interest and replacing it with residential development, as the site is previously developed land in a s…
Strategic Policy 1
Requires optimising previously developed land, efficient site use, and utilising existing infrastructure. Site qualifies as previously developed in sustainable town centre location, making best use of urban land.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Directs new development to existing towns/villages. Site in Castletown town centre meets this, with countryside development exceptional.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, protect amenities/privacy, provide access/parking, avoid adverse highway impacts. Principles supported in principle but detailed compliance via reserved matters for privacy (20m separation), access, parking, design.
Reserved matters approval
Approval of the details of siting, design, external appearance of the building[s], internal layout, means of access, landscaping of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the Planning Authority in writing before any development is commenced.
Reserved matters application time limit
The application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Planning Authority before the expiration of two years from the date of this permission.
Development commencement time limit
The development to which this permission relates shall begin within 4 years of the date of this permission or within two years of the final approval of the reserved matters, whichever is the later.
Principle of use only
This approval relates to the principle of the development and use of the site as shown in drawing 01 for residential purposes.
Car parking and visibility splays
The application for reserved matters must demonstrate that car parking is provided in line with the requirements of Appendix Seven of the Strategic Plan and that access to the site must provide visibility splays of 2.4m by 90m at a height of 1.05m and pedestrian visibility of 2.1m by 2.1m at a height of 0.6m.
Footway and access provision
The development must include the provision of a footway along the frontage of the site other than where there is a vehicular access and prior to any other works being carried out the vehicular access must be in place. NOTE: the applicant/developer will have to enter into an agreement under Section 109 of the Highways Act prior to works being undertaken within the highway including the footway.
Privacy and amenity
The application for reserved matters must demonstrate that both the proposed and the existing dwellings alongside the site have satisfactory levels of privacy and amenity, taking into account that where windows look directly towards each other with no intervening obstruction, there should be a minimum separation distance of 20m.
Design to acknowledge local styles
The design of the housing proposed on the site should acknowledge the styles of the buildings in the immediate vicinity, particularly Castle Court Apartments and the more traditional, older housing along Queen Street, in order to provide a development which provides a sensitive and appropriate edge to the Conservation Area.
No opposition subject to car parking per Strategic Plan, specified visibility splays, access width, footway provision, and Section 109 agreement
No objection in principle but encourages early consultation due to nearby Queen Street IRIS pump station
