26 February 2015 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated authority), Department of Infrastructure
Marathon Court Nursing Home, Victoria Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4rq
Marathon Court Nursing Home is a large two-storey detached building in a predominantly residential area of Douglas, with mature trees along the frontage and sloping land to the rear. The proposal involves a single-storey rendered extension with a shallow monopitch roof hidden behind parapet walls, matching the existing…
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The officer assessed the proposal against Community Policy 6, finding no over-concentration of nursing homes in the residential area, no unacceptable effect on residential character or amenity due to …
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; not adversely affect character of landscape/townscape or amenity of residents. Officer assessed the single-storey extension's smaller scale, matching materials, gable porch feature, and position alongside the existing building's mixed styles as tying in satisfactorily, meeting these tests despite noting a prior scheme's superior design.
Community Policy 6
Permits extensions to health care facilities if no over-concentration, no unacceptable effect on residential character/amenity, easily accessible, and no unacceptable highway impact. Officer tested each criterion: no over-concentration in residential area; minimal impact on character/amenity due to screened northeast location; accessibility unchanged; highways no objection given nature of occupancy.
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.
no objection (received on 18.02.2015)
Douglas Corporation (Coonceil Valley Corpagh Doolish) has no objection to application 15/00084/B among others listed.
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.
