27 April 2015 · Delegated - Jennifer Chance, Head of Development Management
Shop Unit 3, Church Walk, St Pauls Square, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1la
The proposal involves converting the northern part of an existing single-storey bookshop unit in St Paul's Square, Ramsey, into a coffee bar with food preparation area, server counter, male and female WCs, seating areas, and bookshelves.
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The officer assessed three key issues: principle of use, impact on locality/residents, and parking. The coffee bar was deemed a suitable ancillary use complementing the bookshop, bringing vitality to …
General Policy 2
Requires development in zoning to respect site/surroundings, avoid adverse amenity/traffic/noise/flooding impacts, and provide satisfactory standards. Officer found proposal compliant as ancillary use in town centre zoning with no unacceptable effects on residents (noise/odour), parking (near public facilities), or flood risk (low per MUA).
Environment Policy 22
Prohibits development causing unacceptable harm via odour, noise, or pollution. Assessed via odour risk score (17, low-medium), ventilation noise (35.4 dB(A) max), and consultee views; no adverse impacts on nearby residents or environment anticipated.
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.
Opening hours
The use hereby approved shall not be undertaken outside the following times: 0930hrs to 17.00hrs on any day. Reason: In order to protect the amenities of the area.
No objection but recommend condition for opening hours 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday-Saturday.
No objection but strongly recommend condition controlling trading hours to 9am-5.30pm Monday-Saturday.
No concerns over change of use; similar to prior approval; require note on no injurious discharges, grease trap, and no food waste to foul sewer.
No objection subject to operation not prejudicial to health/nuisance and compliance with specified legislation.
Both Ramsey Town Commissioners and Police Architectural Liaison Officer have no objection to the coffee bar conversion but recommend a condition limiting opening hours to 9am-5.30pm Monday to Saturday.
Ramsey Town Commissioners
Conditional No Objectionwhilst they had no objection to the proposal; the Commission recommends the inclusion of the above information as a Condition of any such approval
Conditions requested: Should this application be approved, the Commission recommends the inclusion of the above information as a Condition of any such approval. The hours being 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
Architectural Liaison Officer
Conditional No ObjectionI would therefore strongly recommend that the trading hours are controlled and request that a time condition be placed upon any approval granted
Conditions requested: Opening times of the coffee shop will be the same as the book shop currently 9am until 5.30pm Monday to Saturday.
