19 February 2024 · Acting Head of Development Management (Abigail Morgan)
24, Turnberry Avenue, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 2jx
The proposal involves demolishing an existing sunroom and building a larger single-storey flat-roofed extension at the rear of a two-storey detached house in a late 1980s residential cul-de-sac in Onchan.
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The site is within Onchan's settlement boundary zoned for residential development, supporting extensions unless they harm adjacent properties or the area (SP2).
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Supports development in service centres like Onchan. Site within settlement boundary zoned residential, presuming favour of extensions absent adverse impacts.
Spatial Policy 5
Addresses design and visual impact. Extension's modest scale, subservience, and invisibility from streetscene ensure no harm to character.
General Policy 2
General development considerations including design (b,c) and amenity (g). Proportionate form/mass, quality design, and no amenity harm from siting/scale.
Environment Policy 42 - character and need to adhere to local distinctiveness
Designed to respect locality character. Acceptable as suitable addition not visible publicly, enhancing accommodation without visual discord.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Recommend approval
No highways interest
No objection on the basis that the flue would serve a gas fired appliance. Recommend condition preventing solid fuel replacement (subsequently omitted)
Highway Services HDC has no interest in the application, Environmental Health has no objections with a recommended condition on the flue, and Onchan District Commissioners recommend approval.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: ... · 23/01141/B
Onchan District Commissioners
SupportThe Commissioners would recommend that the application be APPROVED for planning purposes only.
DEFA Environmental Health
Conditional No ObjectionWould I be correct in thinking the flue serves a gas fired appliance? If so then we have no objections, however, I would recommend that a condition is attached preventing it from being replaced with a solid fuel appliance.
Conditions requested: a condition is attached preventing it from being replaced with a solid fuel appliance
