Officer Planning Report Recommendation

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Officer's Report

The Site

The application site represents the curtilage of Greenbanks, 4 St Marys Meadow, Ballaugh. The single storey property is situated in the south east corner of the cul-de-sac.

Planning Status

The application site is located within an area identified as being residential use by the 1982 Development Order.

Planning History

There are no previous planning applications considered relevant in the assessment and determination of this application.

Representations

Ballaugh Parish Commissioners do not object to this application. The Department of Transport Highways Division does not object to this application. We have received no privately written representations in relation to this planning application.

The Proposal

This application seeks approval for the removal of a door opening to the rear elevation of the property. The existing doorway would be blocked up and finished to match the existing dwelling.

Assessment

The proposed development is minor in scale and associated impact. There would be no loss of public or private amenity as a result of this application and the as such the proposal is considered to be unobjectionable.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the application be permitted.

Party Status

It is considered that the following parties, who submitted comments, accord with the requirements of Planning Circular 1/06 and are therefore, afforded Interested Party Status:

The Department of Transport Highways Division Ballaugh Parish Commissioners

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted

Date of Recommendation:

Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2. This approval relates to the removal of an existing doorway to the rear elevation of 4 St Marys Meadow, Ballaugh as shown by the plan DR011 and Photographs 1-3 submitted and date stamped 24th June 2008.

I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular No 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control)

Decision Made : Permitted Date : Signed : M. I. McCauley

Director of Planning and Building Control