6 September 2004 · Planning Committee
33, Mines Road, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7nh
The proposal involved creating a car parking area by widening the hardstanding and access at the front of the detached cottage, which currently lacks off-street parking, and building a 3.5m wide by 5m deep summerhouse/shed with a covered porch dug into the steeply sloping rear garden up to the Snaefell Mountain Railway…
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The officer assessed the site as a detached cottage on Mines Road with no existing car parking, welcoming the front hardstanding widening for parking provision.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the erection of a garden shed/summer house as shown in the drawings submitted on 1st June, 2004 and as amended by the further drawings received on 11th August, 2004.
Surface water drainage
There must be no discharge of surface water to the main foul sewer.
no views on the application, having been considered and having no adverse traffic impacts
no objection in principle subject to no discharge of surface water to any foul drainage system
Drainage Division raised no objection subject to a condition on surface water discharge; Highways Division had no views due to no adverse traffic impacts; Laxey Village Commissioners had no objection to hardstanding and decking but expressed concern over the summerhouse's impact on views from the electric railway.
Key concern: positioning of the summerhouse at such a height will impact particularly on the view from the electric railway carriage
Drainage Division, Department of Transport
Conditional No ObjectionNO OBJECTION In principle subject to:; In the event that this application is approved I should be grateful if these comments could be incorporated in the approval notice.
Conditions requested: There must be NO discharge of surface water (directly or indirectly) from this proposed development to any foul drainage system(s) so as to comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport Drainage Division and the Sewerage Act 1999.
Highways Division, Department of Transport
No ObjectionThe Highways Division of the Department of Transport has no views on the following application, the application having been considered and having no adverse traffic impacts.; No further comments beyond our letter dated 28 June 2004
Laxey Village Commissioners
Conditional No ObjectionWhilst the Board have no objection to the proposals in respect of the hardstanding or the erection of decking, the Board is concerned that the positioning of the summerhouse at such a height will impact particularly on the view from the electric railway carriage
