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
Multiple consultees responded to planning application 08/01333/A for reuse of the former Nobles Hospital site as a primary school, football pitch, car parking, and health centre; most raised no objection but requested conditions related to utilities, drainage, highways, and security, while Police raised specific design concerns.
Key concern: underground car park security and lack of surveillance
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThere are Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area indicated in you Planning Application.; The Authority wish to express their interest in the following planning applications, and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority.
Conditions requested: applicant must contact the Authority; condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact our Network Operations Department (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around Cables and Overhead Lines which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site; Contact the M.E.A. for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents (Tel. 687766) before any work is carried out on site; All work to be carried out with reference to Health and Safety Executive Guidance Notes HS(G)47 & GS6
Police Architectural Liaison Officer
Conditional No ObjectionThe security afforded to the proposed site will need to take heed of these issues and I would therefore recommend that should the application be granted approval and full planning permission be sought, that the said car park be appropriately fenced and gated to prevent unauthorised vehicular or pedestrian access.; I would argue that there is a need to ensure the safety and welfare of young children within modern society.
Conditions requested: car park be appropriately fenced and gated to prevent unauthorised vehicular or pedestrian access; boundary of the school grounds be clearly delineated by the use of appropriate fencing, particularly within the area where the two sites share a common boundary
Douglas Drainage Services
Conditional No ObjectionNo Objection in Principle subject to:- Drainage Layout Required
Conditions requested: surface and foul water drainage serving the new development must be separated; point of communication to the existing sewer network must be agreed with Douglas Corporation Drainage Department; Details of the drainage layout must be provided to the Borough of Douglas Drainage Department for approval, prior to any work commencing on site; Drainage layout must comply with The Department of Transport’s Drainage Division’s requirements, and designed in accordance with ‘Manx Sewers for Adoption’
Department of Transport Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionDo not oppose | Transport assessment to be undertaken before detail planning application
Conditions requested: Transport assessment to be undertaken before detail planning application
Douglas Corporation
No Objectionthe committee agreed not to raise an objection to the application.
Andrew Jessopp
Conditional No ObjectionI do not oppose the principle of a school being built on this site but I would have thought that a traffic impact assessment/transport assessment (as per TP8) should have been included with the application to prove that it could be safely accommodated on this site.
Conditions requested: traffic impact assessment/transport assessment (as per TP8)
