26 January 2022 · Delegated - Principal Planner Chris Balmer
26, Ballabrooie Way, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 4en
The proposal involves forming a new driveway at the front of an end-terraced dwelling in a residential area, allowing parking for two cars while retaining around two-thirds of the front landscaped garden, existing pillars, and gates at 740mm height.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 2 (b), (c), (g), (h) and (i) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, concluding it complies because it respects the site and surroundings in te…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design/landscaping (b), not adversely affect townscape character (c), not harm local amenity or locality character (g), provide safe access/adequate parking (h), and not unacceptably impact road safety/traffic (i). Officer tested the driveway against these, finding suitable visibility, retained landscaping, and matching neighbour precedents made it compliant with no tensions noted.
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 to the proposal
Douglas Borough Council has no objections to the application. DOI Highways has no opposition subject to conditions including layout accord with approved drawing and surface water drainage provision.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections.
Department of Infrastructure Highways Development Control
Conditional No ObjectionThe proposal is unlikely to give rise to significant road safety or network functionality issues. Accordingly, no opposition is raised subject to conditions for the layout to accord with Drawing No: 1610 - 3.; Recommendation: DNOC
Conditions requested: layout to accord with Drawing No: 1610 - 3; The Applicant shall provide surface water drainage where necessary to prevent water from flowing out onto or damaging the public road; on construction of the vehicular access, the existing road drainage must either be retained or an effective alternative scheme provided
