1 February 2008 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer Mrs F Mullen
29, Mount View Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 4bs
The proposal involves minor alterations to a detached house in a residential area of Onchan, including replacing an upstairs hallway window with a smaller one (from 2000mm to 1000mm height), changing porch cladding from slate to Manx stone, replacing the flat porch roof with a pitched one, relocating utility markers, e…
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The officer considered the proposal comprises alterations to the dwelling and extension of the existing driveway within the curtilage of a detached dwelling in a predominantly residential area.
Policy O/RES/P/21 of the Onchan Local Plan (Planning Circular 1/2000)
The policy states that extensions and alterations to existing residential property will generally not be opposed where appropriate in terms of scale, massing, design, appearance and impact on adjacent property. The officer assessed the proposal as modest in scale, in keeping with the dwelling's character, with no adverse impact on public or private amenity, thus compliant.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to drawing no. 500, 01, 02, 03 and 04 date stamped the 1st November 2007.
No objection; recommend approved for planning purposes only
Do not oppose
Onchan District Commissioners recommend approval; Highways Division does not oppose subject to dropped kerb and prior contact conditions; Fire and Rescue Service recommends smoke detection installation.
Onchan District Commissioners
SupportThe Commissioners would recommend that the application be APPROVED for planning purposes only.
Department of Transport, Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionDo not oppose subject to the imposition of the following conditions:
Conditions requested: Dropped kerbs shall be extended along the footway in line with the widened driveway in compliance with Manx Roads 2.; The applicant shall contact the Network Operations Section of the Department of Transport prior to carrying out any works within the highway, including the installation of dropped kerbs. Telephone 686665.
Isle Of Man Fire & Rescue Service
Conditional No ObjectionThe installation of mains wired, interconnected domestic smoke detection conforming to BS 5466 : Part 1 : 2000, and installed to conform with BS 5839 : Part 6 : 1995, is recommended in accordance with Section 1 of the Building Regulations 2000 – Approved Document B.
Conditions requested: The installation of mains wired, interconnected domestic smoke detection conforming to BS 5466 : Part 1 : 2000, and installed to conform with BS 5839 : Part 6 : 1995, is recommended in accordance with Section 1 of the Building Regulations 2000 – Approved Document B.
