3 June 2008 · Planning Committee
Timms Bistro, 5, East Street, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1dn
The site is a mid-terraced, four-storey Victorian building in poor structural condition due to extensive damp, bulging walls and rot, as evidenced by structural survey, making economic repair unviable.
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Policy R/TC/P1 Retail Uses
Presumption for retail ground floor on East Street; bar/restaurant provides active frontage. Officer noted compliance as non-retail office limit not exceeded.
R/TC/P3
Encourages apartments over vacant upper floors; proposal directly aligns by providing six apartments above commercial.
Policy R/TC/P10
Requires parking but discretion for Conservation Area/site constraints; relaxed due to town centre location, precedents without on-site parking.
General Policy 2
Requires development respecting site/surroundings, amenity, highways, services; satisfied via design enhancement, conditioned materials/hours, parking relaxation.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character; existing poor/non-unique, proposal coherent design improves townscape.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards; Appendix 7 allows relaxation in Conservation Area/town centre if no unacceptable on-street impact, justified by precedents/bus proximity.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to drawing no.s 01 and 03 date stamped the 31st January 2008.
Materials - timber elements
The window frames, doors and shop front surround contained within the East Street elevation of the building shall be constructed of timber.
Materials - roof
The roof of the development permitted by this approval must be finished in natural slate.
Opening hours
The bar/restaurant shall only be open to the public between the hours of 09:00 and 24:00 on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and between the hours of 09:00 and 23:30 (inclusive) on any Sunday.
no objection
