28 January 2015 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control
Unit 1-4, Old Quarry, Douglas Head Industrial Estate, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 5bf
The site is Unit 1 within a utilitarian light industrial/warehouse building on the small Douglas Head Industrial Estate, comprising four bays and vacant at the time of the officer's site visit on 7 January 2015.
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The principle of subdividing the unit is acceptable as the site is zoned Light Industrial on the Douglas Local Plan, with Strategic Policy 6 supporting employment-generating development in such areas.…
General Policy 2
Requires new development to be appropriate in form and scale and not impact unduly on private or public amenity. The officer assessed the subdivision and new roller shutter door as replicating the building's utilitarian appearance with no amenity issues in the industrial context.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking standards to be met, with 1 space per 50sqm for general industrial. The 12 spaces for 600sqm unit comply, secured by condition despite no unit-specific allocation and potential minor demand increase.
Strategic Policy 6 - Major employment-generating development
Supports major employment-generating development in zoned centres. Provided policy steer for acceptability of subdivision enabling business use in light industrial area.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Parking retention
The 12 no. parking spaces shown on the approved plan HLK/14/140 3 shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times. Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking and turning of vehicles in the interests of highway safety.
no objection to the application
Douglas Corporation provided two no objection responses for application 14/01457/B among others.
Douglas Corporation
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.; It should be noted that the above comments are made in relation to the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not imply approval or consent under any other relevant enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.
Douglas Corporation
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.; It should be noted that the above comments are made in relation to the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not imply approval or consent under any other relevant enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.
