03/01949/BRefused

27 February 2004 · Planning Committee

Widening of access onto highway and driveway to provide additional parking

1, Larch Hill Grove, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM2 5nu

Received17 Dec 2003

Validated17 Dec 2003

Committee20 Feb 2004

Decided27 Feb 2004

2 months

Received17 Dec 2003

Validated17 Dec 2003

Committee20 Feb 2004

Decided27 Feb 2004

2 months

Why was this refused?

visual impact on cul-de-sac appearance
loss of attractive front garden
unnecessary given existing parking
precedent for loss of green space
objection from Onchan Commissioners

The application sought permission to widen the driveway by paving over the whole front garden area with paving (patio) at a detached dwelling at the start of the Larch Hill Grove cul-de-sac. This would replace a well-maintained attractive garden with hard surfacing for extra parking beyond the existing space for two or…

Refusal Reasons

✗The hard surfacing of what would be all of the frontage to Larch Hill Grove would have an adverse impact on what is presently a well maintained and attractive garden which marks the start of this cul de sac and would establish an unfortunate precedent which could lead to the loss of all of the green space within this part of the estate. It is accepted that other properties have had significant parts of their front garden hard surfaced in order to provide access and increased off street parking provision, but with the exception of Number 9 where the hard surface is necessary to gain access to the parking and garage facilities, at least some part of the front garden area has been retained in the other cases.

Documents (10)

Officer Report Decision Notice Application Form

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Refusal Decision Notice

17 Dec 032pp

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Officer Planning Report

17 Dec 032pp

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Preliminary Officer Report

17 Dec 032pp

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Planning Application Form

17 Dec 032pp

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Existing Plans Location Site Plan

17 Dec 031pp

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Onchan Commissioners Response

17 Dec 031pp

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Highways Division Response

17 Dec 031pp

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Site Photographs

17 Dec 032pp

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Decision & Reasoning

Refused27 February 2004

The proposal to hard surface the entire frontage was deemed to have an adverse impact on the well-maintained and attractive garden at the start of the cul-de-sac, harming the appearance of the estate …

Public Comments (2)

SupportHighways Division(statutory consultee)

No adverse traffic impacts

ObjectionOnchan District Commissioners(parish)

Consultation Responses

Highways Division raised no adverse traffic impacts with two notes on vehicle footway crossing and approval requirements; Onchan District Commissioners recommended refusal due to excessive hard landscaping and visual impact.

Key concern: unacceptable visual impact to the surroundings through the additional parking and the loss of green space and garden

Highways Division

Conditional No Objection

No adverse traffic impacts; NB 1 The vehicle footway crossing shall be constructed in compliance with Manx Roads 2; NB 2 The applicant must obtain approval from the Operations Section of the Department of Transport before carrying out any work within the highway

Conditions requested: The vehicle footway crossing shall be constructed in compliance with Manx Roads 2; The applicant must obtain approval from the Operations Section of the Department of Transport before carrying out any work within the highway. Telephone 686665

Onchan District Commissioners

Objection

The Commissioners recommend that the application be REFUSED; The proposals would result in an excessive amount of hard landscape in front of the building with a resultant unacceptable visual impact to the surroundings through the additional parking and the loss of green space and garden in front of the property; Such objection to be without prejudice to a revised application showing both parking and loss of garden to a lesser degree

Source & Provenance

Official reference: 03/01949/B
Source authority: Isle of Man Government Planning & Building Control
Source system: Legacy IDOX planning platform
Official record URL: No stable public per-record URL
First indexed: 20 Sept 2025, 21:17
Last synced: 5 Mar 2026, 09:53
Licence: Isle of Man Open Government Licence

Why was this refused?

visual impact on cul-de-sac appearance

loss of attractive front garden

unnecessary given existing parking

precedent for loss of green space

objection from Onchan Commissioners

Refusal Reasons

✗The hard surfacing of what would be all of the frontage to Larch Hill Grove would have an adverse impact on what is presently a well maintained and attractive garden which marks the start of this cul de sac and would establish an unfortunate precedent which could lead to the loss of all of the green space within this part of the estate. It is accepted that other properties have had significant parts of their front garden hard surfaced in order to provide access and increased off street parking provision, but with the exception of Number 9 where the hard surface is necessary to gain access to the parking and garage facilities, at least some part of the front garden area has been retained in the other cases.

Consultation Responses

Key concern: unacceptable visual impact to the surroundings through the additional parking and the loss of green space and garden

Highways Division

Conditional No Objection

Onchan District Commissioners

Objection