11 August 2021 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Roseanne, Minorca Hill, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7dx
The site is Roseanne, a house at the end of a shared driveway on Minorca Hill in Laxey, with a sloping rear garden towards the Manx Electric Railway track. The proposal involves rear elevation changes: blocking the existing kitchen window and installing bi-fold doors, replacing a bedroom window with bi-fold doors, redu…
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The proposed alterations are to the rear of the property, and due to the property's shape and surrounding topography, they would not result in an adverse impact on the street scene or neighbouring pro…
General Policy 2
Requires development in residential zones to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, avoid adverse character or amenity impacts. Officer assessed rear alterations as compliant due to no harm to street scene, neighbours, or locality from topography and property shape.
Transport Policy 3
New development near rail routes must not compromise their tourism/leisure/public transport role. Assessed as minimal impact on Manx Electric Railway due to fleeting views from slope and typical residential nature of bi-fold doors.
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.
No Highways Interest.
No objections.
Garff Commissioners had no objections to the application. DOI Highways Division stated no highways interest.
Garff Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Board had no objections to this application.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI
