26 October 2015 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (Michael Gallagher)
Home Run Pizza, 44, Broadway, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4ew
The proposal involves converting the existing single residential unit above Pizza delivery and Funeral Directors premises into three apartments, with minor alterations to the rear yard, boundary wall, and front dormer window. The site is in a predominantly residential area within a Conservation Area in Douglas.
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The officer concluded the proposal complies with General Policy 2 as it respects the site and surroundings in terms of siting, scale, form, and design without adversely affecting the character of the …
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; not adversely affect townscape character, amenity, highways, or parking. Officer assessed rear alterations, dormer window replacement, and lack of car parking as acceptable given central location and no significant visual harm.
Housing Policy 17
Permits conversions to flats in residential areas if adequate amenity space, pleasant outlook from principal rooms, and parking if practical. Officer found outlook acceptable after amended rear landscaping plan for studio apartment, with condition to ensure implementation.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character. Officer concluded proposal acceptable as alterations do not significantly alter street scene or visual amenities, with dormer window replacement not harmful.
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.
Rear yard alterations and landscaping
Prior to the occupation of the new apartments hereby approved, all alterations to the rear yards, including landscaping, planters, rear boundary wall, paving, improvements to yards walls, bin provision, motorcycle/cycle parking as shown in drawings P02 REV A is required to be completed and retained thereafter and available for use by all occupants of the apartments. Reason: The application is only deemed acceptable with the provision of motorcycle/cycle parking and improvements to the rear yards to ensure the outlook and living standards of the occupants of the apartments is acceptable.
no objection; mindful of limited on-road parking but applicant provides for motorcycles/bicycles; would consider future applications individually
advised applicant to comply with Housing register Regs of 2013 and register flats prior to occupation; no planning objection raised
DEFA Environment, Safety and Health (Environmental Health) responded requiring the proposed apartments to comply with and be registered under the Housing (Registration) Regulations 2013 prior to occupation.
Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Environment, Safety and Health
Conditional No Objectionthe proposed flats/apartments must, on completion of the intended works, comply with the requirements of the Housing (Registration) Regulations 2013 and be registered thereafter under the same Regulations PRIOR to any of the flats being occupied
Conditions requested: proposed flats/apartments must comply with the requirements of the Housing (Registration) Regulations 2013 and be registered thereafter under the same Regulations PRIOR to any of the flats being occupied
