5 March 2024 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Shore House, 33, The Promenade, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1bg
The proposal involves converting the ground floor (reception, two surgery rooms, decontamination room, x-ray room) and first floor (consulting room, staff room, toilets) of Shore House into a dental practice, while retaining the second floor as a one-bedroom flat for staff use only.
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The officer concluded the proposal provides a much-needed dental surgery in Castletown, a defined Service Centre, without detriment to visual amenities, residential amenity, or highway safety/capacity…
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Prioritises new development in towns/villages like Castletown Service Centre. Site within settlement boundary supports commercial proposals like dental surgery.
Strategic Policy 4
Requires respect for town character. Dental surgery not incongruous given nearby veterinary and no external changes.
Spatial Policy 5
Addresses design/visual impact. Acceptable due to no material alterations beyond remedial rendering.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Supports development in Service Centres. Castletown focus for such uses.
General Policy 2
General development considerations. Balanced amenity, highways, visual impacts found acceptable.
Housing Policy 18
Resists housing loss unless replaced. Loss of 4-bed house offset by retaining staff flat, ensuring technical compliance.
Community Policy 6
Supports community health facilities. Clear need demonstrated for dental surgery given undersupply and growth.
Transport Policy 4
Highway safety. No issues as parking survey and nearby options sufficient.
Transport Policy 7
Parking. Adjacent car park capacity demonstrated; Highways no objection.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Hours of use
The hours of use of the dental surgery hereby approved shall be as specified as part of the application submission, namely 8.30am to 5.30pm Mondays to Thursdays, Friday 9am to 1pm, and Saturdays 9am to 2pm.
Staff accommodation only
The second-floor 1-bedroom flat hereby approved shall only be used and occupied in connection with the approved dental surgery, and shall only be occupied by persons in gainful employment of the dental surgery. The residential flat shall not be rented out or sold to persons who are not in gainful employment of the dental surgery.
Dental surgery use only
The use of the premises, namely the ground and first floors of the property, shall only be for the purposes of a dental surgery and for no other use falling within Use Class 1.2 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2019.
Did not oppose; members supportive; car park already used by local businesses and consent given for staff parking
No objection subject to staff parking signed/lined in Commissioners car park (min 2 spaces); parking survey demonstrates capacity
Asset to Castletown; improves dental services; ample parking; adaptive reuse preserves character; addresses local need with growing population/schools
DOI Highways raised no objection subject to staff parking conditions in the adjacent car park; Castletown Commissioners confirmed no opposition and member support; neighbouring property owner objected due to noise, parking, and x-ray concerns while requesting specific mitigations…
Key concern: Noise from dentistry operations impacting adjoining residential property
Highway Services Division
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services Development Control raises no objection to the proposal subject to:; The parking provision should be sheltered and able to be secured.
Conditions requested: Staff parking spaces allocated within the commissioners carpark to be signed or lined... minimum of two spaces to provide for the two full-time staff members; Bicycle parking provision... sheltered and able to be secured... approx. one short stay space and one long stay space
Castletown Commissioners
No Objectionthe board did not oppose this application; members were supportive of the proposals; The car park adjacent is owned by the town and is already used by local businesses for parking
Grey Cottage 34 The Promenade Castletown
ObjectionWe are not comfortable with it being a business premises as the building is far better suited to residential; Drilling and similar dentistry noises are not only loud, but are of a particular pitch that is very difficult to tolerate; Parking is a huge issue... woefully insufficient for residents
Conditions requested: Extensive soundproofing... on the lower levels where our properties adjoin... substantially we should hear no noise through the walls; Roof area cannot be used and nothing can be attached to our external walls... re-confirmed from 2004 decision; Confirmation and proof that the proximity to xray machines can potentially cause us no health issues or risks whatsoever
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC does not oppose (DNO) the following applications
