30 June 2015 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Jennifer Chance)
3, Collins Lane, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1al
The proposal involves changing a two-storey traditional retail building in a town centre pedestrian lane to a tea room/restaurant open 8am-11pm and beauty therapy rooms open 8am-8pm, including an extractor flue in the existing chimney, new disabled entrance, screened bin store, and outside seating.
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Officers assessed the key issues of impact on residential amenities through noise, disturbance, and odour. Noise from the extractor flue would primarily be internal using the existing chimney stack, a…
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with zoning and policies, not adversely affecting townscape character, local amenities, or providing satisfactory access/services. Officer assessed the proposal complies as it fits town centre mixed-use zoning, with minimal impact on amenities due to location and controls, and adequate access in pedestrian lane.
Environment Policy 22
Prohibits development harming environment/amenities via pollution, emissions, odour, noise etc. Officer found no unacceptable odour/noise from modest cooking area and internal flue, controllable by condition to meet Environmental Health standards.
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.
Tea room hours
The tea room/ restaurant use hereby approved shall not be undertaken outside the following times: 0800 hrs and 2300hrs hours. Reason: In order to maintain the amenities of the area.
Therapy rooms hours
The beauty therapy rooms hereby approved shall not be undertaken outside the following times: 0800 hrs and 2000hrs hours. Reason: In order to maintain the amenities of the area.
Ventilation and extraction details
No development shall commence on site until details showing ventilation and extraction equipment within the site (including details of its position, appearance and details of measures to prevent noise emissions) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The ventilation/extraction equipment shall be installed prior to the building/extension hereby approved is first occupied and shall thereafter be maintained in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the occupiers of adjoining properties.
No amplified sound
No amplified sound shall be generated in the outside seating areas at any time or within the building from the use hereby approved outside the hours of 0800 hrs to 2300hrs. Reason: To safeguard the amenities of occupiers of nearby properties.
Self-closing doors
The use hereby approved shall not commence until the front and rear doors of the premises have been fitted with a self-closing mechanism and thereafter kept closed at all times except only as required for the entry or exit of goods or customers or in case of emergency. Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the surrounding area.
Materials for windows and doors
All new windows, doors and associated frames shall be timber units with joinery details to match the originals, including opening pattern and frame sections, and shall be retained as such. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the building and the area.
no objection
no objection but the hours of operation as stated by the applicant should be set down as a condition of any approval
Ramsey Town Commissioners initially requested deferral for additional information on the licensed bar and first floor therapy rooms, then later raised no objection but recommended a condition to restrict hours of operation.
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No Commentrequest that you defer any decision on the above application until such time as the Commissioners have been provided with additional information
Ramsey Town Commissioners
Conditional No Objectionwhilst they had no objection to the proposal, they made the following observation: - The hours of operation as stated by the Applicant should be set down as a Condition of any approval.; The stated hours of operation of the premises as the Tea Room being open as a Tea Room from 8am to 12noon seven days a week and then as a licensed Tea Room from 12 noon until 11pm seven days a week. This being subject to a license being granted by the Licensing Authority. The health and beauty treatment rooms to open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week.
Conditions requested: The hours of operation as stated by the Applicant should be set down as a Condition of any approval
