10 May 2022 · Planning Committee
Glenside Cottage, West Baldwin, Isle Of Man, IM4 5ha
The proposal involves building a detached double garage measuring 14m wide by 9m deep with a 6.4m ridge height, located to the southwest of Glenside Cottage, offset 3m from the dwelling, in a wooded residential curtilage accessed via a narrow track off West Baldwin Road.
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The site is in the countryside zoned as Open Space (Agriculture) and an Area of High Landscape or Coastal Value, where development is restricted to protect the countryside for its own sake under Envir…
Strategic Policy 1
Requires optimising use of previously developed land, efficient site use considering access and amenity, and utilising existing infrastructure. Officer found the garage makes efficient use of the residential curtilage with adequate access and parking.
Spatial Policy 5
Requires new development to make a positive environmental contribution, potentially supported by Design Statement. Assessed as satisfied by the matching materials, scale, and positioning that integrate with the existing dwelling.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from adverse effects unless overriding national need and no alternative. Proposal accepted as ancillary garaging causes no harm due to screening and subservience, despite no strict policy for garages.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking in accordance with standards. Met with adequate on-site parking and 6m wide access; Highway Services raised no concerns.
Housing Policy 15
Ensures development does not detract from traditional qualities of existing buildings. Garage design respects house with matching finishes.
Housing Policy 16
Prevents adverse harm to public views. No harm due to screening from public roads.
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 objection
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking; do not oppose
Marown Parish Commissioners and DOI Highways Division both raised no objections to the application for a detached double garage at Glenside Cottage, West Baldwin.
Marown Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have NO OBJECTION to the following applications: - 21/01336 - Detached Double Garage at Glenside Cottage, West Baldwin
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDNO on 19.11.2021; After reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking
