23 August 2007 · Minister for Local Government and the Environment
Factory Next To Winchester Court, Second Avenue, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 4lt
The proposal involved converting a vacant factory building (15m x 22.5m, 5.5m eaves, 8m ridge) in a small industrial estate on Second Avenue, Onchan, from manufacturing to community use by Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance, including a church for 200 people on an inserted first floor, meeting rooms, kitchen, nursery, you…
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Strategic Policy 7
Requires retention of undeveloped zoned industrial land unless incompatible with adjoining uses. Inspector ruled inapplicable to change of existing developed site; light industrial compatible with residential adjacency by definition. No policy mandates retaining existing industrial use.
Policy O/I/P/3 of Onchan Plan
Designates land for light industrial use (defined as compatible with residential amenity). Officer viewed as requiring protection; Inspector saw as definitional statement, not retention mandate for existing uses.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than four years from the date of this permission.
Amended plans
This permission relates to amended plans submitted on 30 April 2007.
Signs and lighting approval
No exterior signs or lighting shall be installed within the site except in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority.
Car parking scheme
The development shall not be brought into use unless car parking has been laid out in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The car parking and other external space shall not be used for any other purpose, including external meetings or services unless first approved in writing by the Planning Authority.
Hours of use
The building shall not be open to the public before 07.00 hrs or after 23.00 hrs on any day, unless first approved in writing by the Planning Authority.
Noise insulation
The building shall not be brought into use unless it has been insulated to reduce the escape of noise in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. This scheme may include devices to disconnect certain electricity supplies in the event of noise exceeding a predetermined level.
Do not oppose, subject to two pick-up/set-down spaces