11 April 2007 · Director of Planning and Building Control (M. I. McCauley)
Bank House, Bank Street, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1at
The application sought to amend condition 2 of prior approval 05/92299/C, which permitted change of use of the lower ground floor from residential to a coffee and pastry bar, to allow heating food using a microwave and toasting machine (no cooking or extraction proposed).
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The officer assessed three objections but dismissed commercial competition as non-material. Concerns about smells from heated food were addressed by noting no extraction proposed, but Environmental He…
Time limit
The use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time.
Permitted use clarification
This permission relates to the use of the premises for the consumption of food, included food heated but not cooked on the premises.
Opening hours
The premises may only be open for business between the hours of 9.30am and 6pm Monday to Saturday and at no time on Sunday.
Multiple neighbouring residents and a local business submitted objections to planning application 07/00231/B, citing concerns over odours, waste, vermin, pedestrian access, fire safety, and market saturation for food outlets.
Key concern: objectionable smells and waste impacting adjacent residential properties and pedestrian thoroughfare
W. F. Sutherland (8 Bank Street)
ObjectionThe smell generated from this activity would be utterly objectionable to privately owned houses adjacent to the property concerned; The lane is a public pedestrian thoroughfare and as such should enable pedestrians to walk unimpaired through without having to negotiate parked cars, suffer smell from heating food with the envisaged additional food garbage generated; This could contravene Health and Safety Standards; Furthermore Fire and Safety regulations are possibly deemed to be inadequate within the premises
Radcliffe Butchers Limited (Christopher & Harry Lennon)
Objectionthere are already ten takeaway food outlets in Castletown not to mention the various pubs, restaurants & cafés; Castletown is a relatively quiet town and I don’t think it warrants another food outlet
Seagull Cottage (12 Bank St)
ObjectionThe thought of catering refuse here is apolling, or a commercial level; This place other places have closed because of insufficient business and it would affect the cafes which are just afloat in Castle Town; This property is a shop living accommodation on 1st floor and basement would need free precautions
