6 March 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005); Senior Planning Officer
Co Operative Supermarket, Christian Street, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1dg
The proposal involves installing an air conditioning unit on the roof of the existing Co-Op supermarket building, with an open-topped aluminium clad enclosure matching the existing building cladding. The site is in a town centre mixed-use area in Ramsey.
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The officer considered the proposal in the context of the site's commercial use in a town centre mixed-use zoning under the Ramsey Local Plan 1998.
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with land-use zoning if it respects site and surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; does not adversely affect amenity, locality character, or road safety. The officer assessed the roof-mounted AC unit and enclosure as compliant, noting it is not alien to the commercial building despite visibility from car park, and causes no undue harm to amenity. The site is zoned mixed use (town centre) in Ramsey Local Plan 1998.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to drawing no.s LOC/01, GA-01, GA-02 and the air conditioning specification date stamped the 23rd January 2009.
Materials matching
The cladding to the approved enclosure shall match, in terms of colour and profile, the cladding that exists at present on the building.
no objection to the proposal
