25 April 2024 · Acting Head of Development Management (Abigail Morgan)
4, Osborne Terrace, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 3lh
The site is 4 Osborne Terrace, a five-storey mid-terraced property within the Windsor Road Conservation Area, featuring long front gardens with mature vegetation and a rear yard. The proposal includes a ground floor rear infill extension (6.5m deep, 2.8m wide, 3.3m high flat roof with lantern rooflight), blocking/reduc…
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The officer assessed the principle of the house extension as acceptable in a built-up area per GP2 and GP16, focusing on design/character impacts in the Windsor Road Conservation Area and neighbour am…
General Policy 2
Requires house extensions to be acceptable without adverse impact on adjacent properties or surrounding area. Officer found proposal acceptable as modest rear extension in built-up area with no neighbour amenity harm.
Environment Policy 34
Relates to conservation areas; alterations acceptable subject to no adverse impacts. Assessed against Windsor Road Conservation Area Appraisal; proposal's scale/position/materials cause no undue harm to terrace character.
Environment Policy 35
Conservation policy for alterations/extensions. Front/rear changes neutral or enhancing, fitting varied rear elevations and mimicking front features.
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.
Materials approval
All material finishes to the walls shall match the existing in colour and texture, and all new or replacement slates shall be natural slates that match the existing slates in colour and texture. Reason: To protect the character of the building and the Windsor Road Conservation Area.
No objection but must not prohibit refuse bins from being stored within curtilage between collections and make provision for separation of commercial/domestic waste.
no interest
Highway Services HDC has no interest in the application as it has no highway implications. Douglas Borough Council has no objections but requests that the development does not obstruct refuse bin storage within the property curtilage and notes waste separation requirements.
Highway Services HDC
No CommentHighway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: 23/01365/B
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections.; The applicant would also be advised of the requirement to make provision for the separation of commercial waste from domestic waste.
Conditions requested: This development must not prohibit the refuse bins from being removed from the highway to be stored within the curtilage of the property between refuse collections
Douglas Borough Council
Conditional No ObjectionAlthough the Council is not raising an objection to the following application (PA 24/00843/B), the applicant must be made aware that...
Conditions requested: any increase in the footprint of the extension should still allow for all waste receptacles to be kept within the curtilage of the building. No waste bins or recycling receptacles are to be stored outside of the property apart for collection purposes and then must be stored within the curtilage of the building at all other times.
