28 April 2015 · Head of Development Management (Jennifer Chance)
Peel Commissioners Depot, Mill Road, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1tb
The proposal involves changing the use of an existing workshop and storage buildings in an industrial area of Peel to a builder's merchants including storage and a shop, with minimal physical changes: replacing one roller shutter door with a window and slightly relocating galvanised entrance gates.
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The officer found the retail use compatible with the industrial zoning under Business Policy 5, noting that the Strategic Plan specifically includes builders' materials as items that 'generally cannot…
Business Policy 5
Policy permits retailing in industrial areas only if items could not reasonably be sold from town centres due to size/nature (e.g. builders' materials) or are produced on-site, without harming town centre vitality. Officer assessed the builder's merchants as fitting exception (a), citing Strategic Plan examples and precedents like Sadler Agricultural and Haldane Fisher; no detriment to Peel centre as sales focus on bulky goods unsuitable for high street.
General Policy 3
Requires developments in line with zoning to avoid adverse impacts on landscape/townscape, amenity, access/parking, road safety, adjoining land, flooding, and safety. Officer confirmed compliance: minimal changes preserve character, site provides adequate access/manoeuvring, no traffic safety issues, no prejudice to neighbours.
Environment Policy 10
Requires flood risk assessment and mitigation for sites at risk. Applicant provided assessment with measures (raised electrics, racking); officer found adequate given site levels, aligning with MUA advice, so no refusal warranted.
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.
Use restriction
For the avoidance of doubt, the approval hereby given is for a retail builder's merchants only and not for any other retailing. Reason: To protect the vitality and viability of town centres.
do not oppose the application
does not object to the application
Peel Town Commissioners considered multiple planning applications including 15/00067/B and recommended all for approval.
Peel Town Commissioners
SupportChange of Use, Former Peel Town Commissioners Depot, Mill Road, Peel. RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL
