6 March 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
1, Governors Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1ax
The proposal involved removing a chimney stack from the rear elevation of an existing detached residential property at 1 Governors Road in Onchan, with the roof hole to be covered using matching existing tiles. The site is within a predominantly residential area.
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The officer considered the proposal to be a relatively modest level of development in keeping with the character of the dwelling.
Policy O/RES/P/21 of the Onchan Local Plan (Planning Circular 1/2000)
Requires that extensions and alterations to existing residential property will generally not be opposed where appropriate in terms of scale, massing, design, appearance and impact on adjacent property. The officer assessed the chimney removal as modest and in keeping with the dwelling's character, with no adverse amenity impacts.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in terms of siting, layout, scale, form, design; not adversely affect amenity of residents or character of locality; and presumes in favour of extensions in built-up areas without adverse impacts (para 8.12.1). The proposal was found compliant as it does not harm amenity or character.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the location plan, site plan and elevation plan date stamped the 21st January 2009.
recommend that the application be APPROVED for planning purposes only.
