11 October 2007 · Director of Planning and Building Control (M. I. McCauley)
Ballacallin Cottages, Postal Locality, Gordon, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 3ar
The application proposed demolishing the existing Ballacallin Cottage, a small traditional dwelling on the A27 near Peel, and replacing it with a larger detached house positioned further back from the road and the neighbouring 1 Ballacallin Cottages.
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The officer judged the proposal against Housing Policy 12, which permits replacement of countryside dwellings unless abandoned or of architectural/historic interest capable of renovation; the cottage …
Housing Policy 12
Requires that replacement of countryside dwellings is permitted unless abandoned or of architectural/historic interest capable of renovation; assessed via structural condition, non-use period, intervening use, and abandonment intention. Existing cottage not abandoned but in poor repair with no special attributes, so principle acceptable; however, submitted design too large/modern, requiring conditions to ensure modest traditional replacement comparable to existing.
Approval in principle - reserved matters
This approval is in principle only and will remain valid for a period of two years within which time no development may take place until such time as details of the reserved matters (siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access, landscaping) have been approved by the Planning Authority. Such reserved matters should form the subject of a single application.
Principle of replacement and positioning
This permission relates to the principle of the replacement of the existing dwelling with a new one, positioned further from 1, Ballacallin Cottages and further from the public highway and in terms of position, as generally shown in the plan reference 0703/PLO1 received on 16th August, 2007. No approval is granted or implied to the size of new dwelling or the appearance as shown in this drawing.
Design, size, and access requirements
Notwithstanding the size and appearance of dwelling shown in the submitted plan, the new dwelling must be designed as a modest, traditional farmhouse, comparable in size and character to the existing, with a principal frontage not exceeding 11m and an overall footprint not exceeding 150% of the size of the existing cottage (for the avoidance of doubt, that is, the size of the existing footprint plus up to 50% of additional ground floor area). It is recommended that in order to maintain the traditional character and appearance of the new property, any garaging should not be attached to the main house. The application for reserved matters must demonstrate that the new access to the property provides visibility splays of 2m by 54m to drivers of vehicles emerging from the site onto the A27 public highway.
Do not oppose subject to imposition of visibility splay condition of 2m x 54m for access onto A27
no objection
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