15 June 2021 · Planning Committee
4, Brunswick Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 3ll
The proposal involves changing the use of part of the ground floor post office (Class 1.1) and existing residential areas to a single dwelling (Class 3.3) at 4 Brunswick Road, with the shopfront replaced by uPVC sliding sash windows.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 2 (GP2), which permits development respecting site surroundings, character, amenity, access, parking, road safety, and services; found it compl…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, design; not adversely affect character, amenity, road safety, parking, or services. Officer assessed proposal fits Predominantly Residential zoning, respects locality, and meets these tests without adverse impacts.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character. Replacement windows improve appearance over shopfront, enhancing the area's character.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards (2 spaces for residential terraces, not in front if harming amenity). Relaxed due to no highway objections, available on-street parking, and conservation area benefits; no on-site parking approved.
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 parking approval
No approval is hereby given to any parking space within the red line boundary on the location plan. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network efficiency and/or parking; parking permit available so no concern regarding parking
no flood risk management interest in this application
Douglas Borough Council objected to the application due to inadequate on-site parking arrangements near the junction posing safety hazards, while Highways Services initially did not oppose but later clarified opposition to on-plot parking, and Flood Risk Management had no interest.
Key concern: on-site parking posing safety hazard due to junction location and lines of sight
Douglas Borough Council
Objectionthe Council has resolved to raise an objection to the application as it currently stands, if the applicant was minded to amend the on-site parking element of the application the Council would be prepared to reconsider its objection; concerns were raised over the provision of a car parking space close to the existing shopfront
Highway Services
ObjectionNo such facility would be approved should a driveway be granted planning consent on a separate approval for a S109(A) Highway Agreement; To form a vehicular access, a 10m minimum clearance is necessary from a junction
Highway Services
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services find it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network efficiency and /or parking
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
No CommentNFRMI
