10 November 2004 · Secretary, Planning Committee
Palm Winds, The Vollan, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 3uj
The proposal involved replacing the existing property known as Palm Winds or Palm Villa with five new dwellings, including new access and drainage arrangements, on a site in Ramsey. It formed part of larger linked proposals for residential development on adjacent fields.
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Recommend: Approve
Trees indicated for removal are not sufficiently important to seek amendment to plans
Highways Division provided conditional no objection subject to specific road safety conditions; Fire Service recommended refusal due to inadequate fire escape routes; Ramsey Town Commissioners requested deferral for drainage details; Senior Forester had no significant tree concer…
Key concern: unsafe fire escapes from habitable rooms in plots 1, 2 and 4
Department of Transport Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionNo adverse traffic impacts, subject to the imposition of the following conditions; The details of the estate road construction shall comply with Manx Roads 2.; An agreement under S4 of the Highways Act 1986 must be entered into
Conditions requested: No other works shall be commenced on site until the estate road junction with the adopted highway, including where required visibility splays, has been set out and established to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority, all in accordance with drawing No 04/216/100/009.; Before the dwellings to which this permission refers are occupied there shall be a direct connection from them to an existing highway, via a footway and carriageway which are adequately lighted and completed up to and including base course level of the approved specification to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority.; No dwelling on the site shall be occupied until the parking facilities and vehicular access(es) have/has been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority before being brought into use, and such facilities shall thereafter be so retained.; No works shall be commenced on the penultimate dwelling on the site until the estate road has been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority.; On completion, the proposed development will become a Home Zone. Home Zone features at the access point(s) shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority.
Department of Transport Highways Division
No CommentDoT Highways regard this as a strategic issue, and cannot release a response to the Planning Committee until this access issue has been reconciled.
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No Commentrequest that you defer any decision on the above application until such time as the Commissioners have been provided with additional information
Conditions requested: Full details of drainage layouts and design calculations must be submitted for approval
Isle of Man Fire And Rescue Service
ObjectionRecommend refusal as escape from proposed family room at Plot 1, 2 and 4 is through a habitable room the kitchen conservatory and is inherently unsafe in the event of a fire
Senior Forester
No ObjectionMost of the trees indicated for removal are screened by others on the perimeter, and their loss should not be noticeable to any great degree from outside the plot.; Some other trees shown for removal on the south-west and north-west corners are rather more significant in landscape terms, but in my view are not sufficiently important to seek an amendment to the submitted plans.
