9 March 2010 · Planning Committee (decision notice signed by Mrs P Faragher, Deputy Secretary); confirmed by Minister via Chief Executive I.T. Thompson after appeal dismissal
Brae Villa, Tromode Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 5ej
The site is the curtilage of Brae Villa, a detached dwelling in an established residential area on Tromode Road, Douglas, with a 37m road frontage and lower garden level separated by dense vegetation and a rock wall.
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The officer assessed the site as within a 'Predominantly Residential Area' per Douglas Local Plan, making residential redevelopment acceptable in principle under Isle of Man Strategic Plan policies, u…
General Policy 2
Requires development in zoned areas to respect siting/scale/amenity, provide safe access/parking, avoid adverse neighbour impacts, and incorporate landscape features like trees. Officer found principle acceptable as site size allows two dwellings matching local character with retained trees; conditions ensure detailed compliance re privacy/outlook.
Housing Policy 4
Prioritises new housing in towns like Douglas. Proposal complies as urban residential infill on previously developed land.
Housing Policy 6
Residential-zoned land developed per area plan brief or GP2 criteria. No brief exists, so GP2 tests applied; site capacity confirmed for two dwellings.
Transport Policy 4
Highways must accommodate development traffic safely. 6m setback, 2x36m sight lines, on-site parking/turning approved by Highways.
Transport Policy 7
Parking per standards; on-plot provision meets requirements.
Strategic Policy 1
Optimise previously developed land; infill uses brownfield curtilage efficiently.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
New housing in existing towns; Douglas location appropriate.
Reserved matters time limit
This approval is in principle only and no development shall commence until such time as reserved matters have been approved. The application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Planning Authority before the expiration of two years from the date of this planning approval. Such reserved matters shall form the subject of a single application and comprise details of siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, parking and landscaping.
Commencement time limit
The development to which this permission relates shall begin within 4 years of the date of this permission or within two years of the final approval of the reserved matters, whichever is the later.
Amenity and trees protection
The application for reserved matters must demonstrate that the development of the dwellings will not adversely affect the outlook or privacy of the dwellings alongside or the future of existing mature trees on site and that the height and position of the proposed dwellings have regard to the height and position of the existing surrounding dwellings.
Indicative plans not approved
This approval relates to the approval in principle to erect two detached dwellings on the site identified in drawing HLK/09/0346/1 date stamped 6th November 2009. For the avoidance of doubt, no permission is conferred to the siting or floor areas as shown in drawing HLK/09/0346/2a which is annotated indicative only.
Do not oppose
No objection
No objection in principle subject to conditions
