5 January 2021 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
11, Pinehurst Glen, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1pp
The proposal involves erecting a small front porch and a single-storey rear sunroom extension to replace the existing conservatory at a two-storey detached dwelling in a predominantly residential area.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan, which requires development to respect the site and surroundings in terms of siting, layout, scale, form, design, and t…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; avoid adverse impacts on townscape or amenities. Officer assessed proposal as compliant due to matching style, non-public visibility of rear flat roof, and no unacceptable neighbour impacts from overlooking or overbearing effects.
Residential Design Guidance 3.2 Potential Visual Impact of an Extension upon the Existing House
Prefers pitched roofs especially if publicly visible, but allows exceptions. Flat roof on rear extension accepted as not publicly visible and no adverse effect on main dwelling.
Residential Design Guide section 4.1
Front extensions must not look out of place; porches common if designed with original building. Front porch accepted as similar style to main dwelling.
Type A: Uplands
Considers neighbour amenity impacts like light loss/overbearing, regulated by depth/location. Single-storey rear extension acceptable with no tunnel effect or adverse amenity impacts.
Residential Design Guidance 5 (Architectural Details)
Architectural details like windows/finishes should match main dwelling for coherence. Extension design similar except minor window/door/roof differences, acceptable due to rear location.
Residential Design Guidance 7 (Impact on Neighbouring Properties)
Addresses neighbour impacts including overlooking (20m guide), light/overshadowing. Overlooking not unacceptable due to 2m fences and existing vantage points within 20m separations.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
no objection (17/11/2020)
no highway interest in this application (20/11/2020)
Douglas Borough Council has no objections to the application among others listed. Department of Infrastructure Highways Division has no highways interest.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI
