8 March 2005 · Minister for Local Government and the Environment
Land Adjacent To E B Christians And, White Hoe Industrial Estate, Old Castletown Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1qd
The proposal sought approval in principle for light industrial units on a 2.275ha field zoned as Open Space or Woodland in the Douglas Local Plan, adjacent to the existing White Hoe Industrial Estate.
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The Minister considered the inspector's report but did not concur, judging that insufficient weight was given to the acknowledged demand for industrial land in Douglas and surrounding area, particular…
Douglas Local Plan (parking standards)
Zones the site as Open Space or Woodland. Planning Committee and inspector placed considerable weight on this zoning, requiring good reasons to depart. Minister approved despite conflict, citing demand and mitigable impacts outweighing zoning.
Time limit and reserved matters
This approval is in principle only and will remain valid for a period of two years within which time no development may take place until such time as details of the reserved matters (siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access, landscaping) have been approved by the Planning Committee. Such reserved matters should form the subject of a single application.
Landscaping scheme
The details of landscaping submitted with the Reserved Matters application must include tree and shrub planting (predominantly tree-planting) to cover approximately 20% of the site (excluding the existing Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry's planting), so disposed as to mitigate the visual impact of the proposed units as viewed from the highway, the railway, and The Nunnery Estate.
Supports construction of light industrial units; aware of demand; logical extension; minimal visual detriment; land despoiled by IRIS; supports reclassification to industrial
No objection beyond initial response; conditional approval
