9 October 2008 · Director of Planning and Building Control (M. I. McCauley)
Nobles Hospital, Westmoreland Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 4qa
The application sought approval in principle to redevelop part of the former Nobles Hospital site through partial demolition and construction of a two-form entry primary school with an outdoor football pitch and underground car parking, while converting existing buildings for a Central Community Health Centre.
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The site is zoned as an area of buildings for civic, cultural, and other special use, particularly hospital use and Nobles Hospital redevelopment, within the Douglas Local Plan, making the proposed re…
Community Policy 5
Requires permission for new schools subject to siting, design per other policies, and particular regard to community use of buildings and open space. Officer assessed the proposal aligns as it improves community facilities on suitable zoned land, with community use to be detailed in reserved matters.
Time limit for 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.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the application site as defined by the red line on drawing no. SC863/P/10-00 date stamped the 10th July 2008. No consent is granted for the siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access and landscaping shown in drawing numbers SC863/P/10-01 Rev A and SC863/P/10-02 Rev A.
Reserved matters details
The reserved matters application must include the following details of: 1) A School Travel Plan; 2) A Community Use Agreement detailing how the general public will be able to use the school and the sporting facilities outside of school hours; 3) Any floodlighting for the proposed football pitch. The details should include the design, location, height and colour coating of the floodlights; 4) The spillage of light and the direction control of the floodlights; 5) Cycle and motorcycle parking facilities. The details to be submitted should include design and location of the facilities; 6) How the development will incorporate the suggestions of the Police Architectural Liaison Officer; and 7) A Design Statement.
No objection subject to transport assessment before detailed planning application
No objection
No objection in principle subject to drainage layout details
