16 June 2021 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Manxonia House, Bay View Road, Port St Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5da
The proposal involves changing the use of Manxonia House, a prominent two-storey stone building on the corner of Bay View Road and The Promenade in Port St Mary, to ground floor retail (Class 1.1 bakery and farm shop) and tea rooms (Class 1.3), with first floor tea room seating and office.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 2 (GP2), which permits development in accordance with land-use zoning provided it respects the site/surroundings in scale/form/design, does not…
General Policy 2
Requires development in zoning to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, avoid harm to townscape/amenity/highways/parking. Officer found proposal compliant as modest extensions/balcony/windows preserved street scene, no amenity/highway harm, adequate servicing in town centre.
Environment Policy 35
Permits development in Conservation Areas only if preserving/enhancing character. Site in proposed CA; officer assessed prominent corner building's refurbishment (glazing patterns, datestone, modest extension) as preserving Victorian character despite not adopted CA.
Business Policy 1
Encourages employment growth if policy-compliant. Officer noted farm shop/tea rooms would create jobs and support local economy in vacant building.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards (servicing only for town centre shops/cafes). Officer accepted 2 spaces as compliant given policy, Highways support, central location near bus/car park.
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.
Operating hours
No customers shall be served or remain in the building outside the following hours: 8am - 9pm. Reason: In the interests of public amenity.
Do not oppose; layout appropriate, parking acceptable given town centre context, encourage disabled/bicycle/EV provisions but no objection
No Flood Risk Management interest
No objection
Highways do not oppose the application with recommendations for disabled parking, bicycle parking, and EV charging. Port St Mary Commissioners have no objections. Flood Risk Management has no interest.
Department of Infrastructure Highways
No ObjectionAs drawn, the proposal does not raise significant road safety or network efficiency issues. Accordingly, Highway Services do not oppose it.; Recommendation: DNO; Consideration should be given to the conversion of one car parking space to disabled use, as well as installation of bicycle parking and an ecvp.
Port St Mary Commissioners
No Objection21/00501/B Manxonia House, Bay View Road, Port St Mary. Conversion of existing office, residential and retail space to retail (class 1.1) and tea rooms (class 1.3). There were no objections.
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management
No CommentNFRMI; No Flood Risk Management interest
