19 May 2021 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Land Adjacent Industrial Estate, Ballafletcher Road, Cronkbourne, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4ra
The site is vacant scrub land adjacent to an industrial estate and sports pitches, now designated as Industrial on the Area Plan for the East. The original approval PA 20/00323/B permitted a new vehicle test centre with associated facilities; this application varies condition 4 to allow lighter colours: roof from Merli…
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The application seeks a minor variation to condition 4 of prior approval PA 20/00323/B to allow lighter external material colours due to procurement difficulties.
General Policy 2
GP2 requires development to respect character and appearance, provide good amenity, and safeguard visual amenity. The officer assessed the lighter colours against GP2 b, c, and g, concluding the slight increase in visual impact is not significant given the development scale, maintaining acceptability in the industrial area.
Environment Policy 1
EP1 restricts industrial land to manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, office, and retail uses. The approved vehicle testing use does not strictly fit but is not contested as prior approval stands; the variation only affects materials, not use.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Stage 2 Road Safety Audit
Prior to the development hereby approved being completed and brought into use, a Stage 2 Road Safety Audit shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall take place in accordance with the approved details and be retained as such thereafter.
Vehicle manoeuvring, parking and pedestrian areas
The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the vehicle manoeuvring, parking and pedestrian areas have been laid out in accordance with the drawings number 19/2766/06D (Proposed Site Plan submitted under 20/00323/B - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20) and those areas shall be retained as such thereafter.
Materials approval
The finishes and colours of the building hereby approved shall be in accordance with the detail shown on drawing number 19/2766/05E (Proposed Elevations and Section) date stamped as having been received 30.03.21.
No additional gates, walls or fencing
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012, or any order which amends or supersedes it, no gates, walls or fencing may be erected on the site other than in the locations and in accordance with the details as shown on drawings number 19/2766/06D submitted with 20/00323/B (Proposed Site Plan - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20) and 19/2766/05D (Proposed Elevations and Section - date stamped as having been received 16.03.20).
Detailed landscaping scheme
Prior to the development hereby approved being completed and brought into use, a detailed landscaping scheme (including tree planting specification) shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Department. The tree planting specification shall adhere to the recommendations of BS8545:2014... [full details as in document].
Importation of inert materials scheme
No importation to the site of inert materials or soils for infilling or landforming shall take place until a scheme for assuring the physical and chemical suitability (including freedom from potential land contaminants) of all soils and materials to be imported has been submitted to the Department and such a scheme has been approved by the Department.
Impermeable construction with oil interceptor
The crashed vehicle compound and forensic inspection area shall be of impermeable construction with an oil interceptor installed to prevent any oils escaping from the site and entering the surface water drainage system.
No external storage outside compound
There shall be no external storage on the site of damaged vehicles other than within the crashed vehicle compound as shown on drawing number 19/2766/06D(Site Plan) - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20 submitted with 20/00323/B.
Ancillary office use only
There shall be no office use within the site other than as shown on drawings numbered 19/2766/03C (Ground Floor Plan) and 19/2766/04D (First Floor Plan) - both date stamped as having been received 16.03.20 as submitted with 20/00323/B, and no office use shall occur other than that which is ancillary to the use of the site as a site for vehicle and driver testing.
Compliance with approved levels
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless it has been carried out in complete accordance with the approved finished floor and ground levels as shown on the approved plans under 20/00323/B.
no highway interest in the application (02.04.21)
recommend that there is no flood risk interest in this application (15.04.21)
no objection to the application (12.04.21)
All consultees raised no objections to the application for variation of condition 4 to alter material colours, with Braddan Parish Commissioners explicitly confirming no objection, Highways stating no highways interest, and Flood Risk Management having no interest.
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionCommissioners discussed the following planning application at their meeting on 8 April 2021 and had no objection to it; PA21/00259/B - Variation of condition 4 to PA 20/00323/B to alter the colour of materials to roof, walls and doors
Department of Infrastructure Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 02.04.2021
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
No ObjectionNFRMI; No Flood Risk Management interest
