Officer Planning Report Recommendations

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Officer's Report

The Site

The site represents the domestic curtilage of an existing dwelling on the north eastern side of Malew Street.

Planning Status And Relevant Policies

The site lies within an area designated on the Castletown Local Plan as Predominantly residential and within Castletown’s Conservation Area.

Planning History

Previously planning permission was sought and granted for an extension to the property, creating a lean-to utility/kitchen and replacement windows and front door (PA 04/01539). Prior to that permission was granted for the replacement of the windows in the front elevation (PA 04/0543).

The Proposal

Proposed here is the demolition of the existing lean-to kitchen and its replacement with a new two storey extension which accommodated a new kitchen and utility at ground floor level with a bedroom above with patio above the flat roof above the utility. Windows in the rear elevation are to be sliding sash.

Representations

Department of Transport Highways and Traffic Division object to the application on the basis that the extension intensifies the use of the site without providing any further parking facilities.

Assessment

The existing property is very modest and the previous proposal added around as much kitchen/utility space as is being proposed here. What is effectively being added is a bedroom at the first floor level. The addition of this bedroom is not, in my view sufficient to warrants refusal on the basis of the adverse impact on parking spaces. There are no parking spaces on site nor could there be given the logistics of the site and its location.

Party Status

Department of Transport Highways and Traffic Division is a statutory authority and as such should be afforded party status in this instance.

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted

Date of Recommendation: 20.04.2006

Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals

C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2. This permission relates to the alterations and extensions shown in drawings reference AT 774.1 and AT 774.2 both received on 21st February, 2006.

C 3. The external finishes of the extension must match those of the existing building in all respects.

C 4. The windows in the proposed extension must be installed in accordance with the approved drawings and retained as such unless otherwise approved by the Planning Authority.

I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular Nos 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control) and 47/05 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer)

Decision Made : Permitted Date: 25/4/01

Signed: M. I. McCauley Director of Planning and Building Control