24 March 2022 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Garlenda, 23, Fairway Drive, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 2bb
The proposal involves widening the existing driveway towards the southwest by 3.2m on the front garden lawn of a two-storey detached dwelling in a residential area of Ramsey. This would create one additional off-street parking space compliant with highway standards, while retaining more than 50% of the front garden as …
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The officer considered the principle of development acceptable as it creates a net increase in parking by providing one off-street space for the applicant, removing only a potential 3.2m of on-street …
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting, layout, scale, design; not adversely affect character of locality or landscape/townscape; and protect residential amenity. Officer assessed the widened driveway against criteria (b), (c), (g), finding it subordinate to lawn, no harm to street scene or amenity due to retained garden and residential context.
RDG 2019 section 6.3 (Driveways and Front Gardens)
States front gardens are important boundaries between public realm and dwellings; proposals unlikely supported without net parking benefit. Officer weighed parking gain against garden loss, confirming net benefit, <50% garden hard-surfaced, and no shift in public-private boundary.
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 (16.02.2022)
does not oppose this application; no significant road safety or highway network efficiency issues (18.02.2022)
Highways Development Control raises no objection subject to the access arrangements according with the Proposed Plans and notes a Section 109(A) Highway Agreement will be required post-consent; Ramsey Town Commissioners have no objection.
Highways Development Control
Conditional No ObjectionThe proposal raises no significant road safety or highway network efficiency issues.; Accordingly, Highway Services Development Control raises no objection to the proposal subject to all access arrangements to accord to the document titled ‘Proposed Plans’.; The Applicant is advised that a S109(A) Highway Agreement is needed after the grant of planning consent.
Conditions requested: all access arrangements to accord to the document titled ‘Proposed Plans’
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners have no objection to this proposal.
