26 May 2015 · Director of Planning and Building Control
La Serene, Ballacottier Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM4 5bq
The site is the curtilage of La Serene, a large detached bungalow on the southern side of Little Mill Road in Onchan, within an area zoned as open space. The proposal seeks a single storey extension on the southern elevation projecting 5 metres, with a depth of just less than 6.7 metres and ridge height of 4.4 metres, …
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The officer assessed the proposal against Environment Policy 1, which protects the countryside for its own sake and prohibits development that adversely affects it unless there is an overriding nation…
General Policy 3
General Policy 3 restricts development outside zoned areas except in specific cases like previously developed land or rural dwelling replacements. The officer concluded the proposal accords with this policy as it is an appropriate extension on previously developed land containing the dwelling, without adversely affecting the landscape.
Environment Policy 1
Environment Policy 1 protects countryside and ecology for its own sake, prohibiting developments with adverse effects unless overriding national need exists with no alternative. The single storey extension was assessed as having minimal visual impact due to screening and balanced design, thus not adversely affecting countryside character.
Housing Policy 16
Housing Policy 16 generally prohibits extensions to non-traditional dwellings if they increase public visual impact. The bungalow is non-traditional but the extension mirrors the existing form, provides balance, and is largely screened, so it does not increase impact and is appropriate in scale, form, and design.
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
do not oppose subject to condition for 2 off road parking spaces
no problem with removal of two conifers and no work within crown spread of trees, but root protection area to be protected during works
DEFA (Doug Chalk, Arboricultural Officer) has no objection to PA 15/00406/B subject to protecting the root protection area (RPA) of trees with a suitable barrier. Onchan District Commissioners recommend approval for planning purposes only.
DEFA
Conditional No Objectionit appears from the plan that no work will be carried out within the crown spread of the trees and that 2 conifers will be removed. DEFA has no problem with this but would ask that the root protection area (RPA) using the crown spread as a guide be protected by a suitable barrier to exclude construction traffic and materials during the course of works.
Conditions requested: root protection area (RPA) using the crown spread as a guide be protected by a suitable barrier to exclude construction traffic and materials during the course of works
Onchan District Commissioners
SupportThe Commissioners recommend that the application be APPROVED for planning purposes only.
