2 March 2006 · Director of Planning and Building Control (M.I. McCauley) - Delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005
11, Brunswick Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 3lh
The proposal involved moving an oil tank from a tight space between a recent single-storey rear extension and the house wall at 11 Brunswick Road, where it was causing damp issues and obstructing a window, to a screened enclosure (1.8m wide, 0.9m projection into the lane, 1.4m high) against the rear boundary wall in a …
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The officer noted the proposal would place the oil tank and 1.4m high screen in an unadopted rear lane not owned by the applicant, though ownership is not a planning consideration.
no objection
Objection from neighbouring residents at 3 Tennis Road to the relocation of an oil tank to the rear boundary wall in a shared lane, citing frequent use of the lane and lack of ownership of the land.
Key concern: permanent fixture proposed on land not owned by the property
Burrows (3 Tennis Road residents)
Objectionthe lane is not used as a thoroughfare, we use it on a daily basis; cannot see how planning permission can be given to build a permanent fixture on land that does not belong to the property; Should this application be granted, can we expect that future applications to relocate existing oil tanks from rear yards to the back lane would be granted too?; It appears to us that the reason for the application is that the extension which was recently built is too big for the back yard
