4 February 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
17, York Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 3bn
The site is the curtilage of a three-storey end-terrace property on a corner plot in a predominantly residential area of Douglas. The proposal entailed demolishing the existing run-down rear annex and erecting a new two-storey unit (two bedrooms and bathroom on ground floor, kitchen and dining on first floor), measurin…
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The site is within a residential area under the Douglas South Local Plan 1998, making the proposal appropriate to assess against Housing Policy 6 and General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan…
Housing Policy 6
Requires residential development on zoned land to accord with area plan briefs or criteria in para 6.2, encouraging good design. The officer assessed the proposal as appropriate given the residential zoning under Douglas Local Plan, with modest scale and design fitting the site.
General Policy 2
Permits development in accordance with zoning and area plans if it respects site/surroundings (siting, scale, design), does not harm townscape, amenity, highways, or parking. The officer tested scale/proportion, design continuity, neighbour impact, parking/manoeuvring, and townscape, finding all criteria met as the extension blends seamlessly and improves the site.
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 the demolition of the existing rear annex and the erection of a new rear extension to provide an additional residential unit as shown in drawings numbers HLK/08/0301/1, HLK/08/0301/3, HLK/08/0301/4 and Photographs date stamped 27th October 2008.
Parking provision
The additional residential unit hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the car parking and manoeuvring areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans and those areas shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purposes.
Materials approval
No facing and roofing materials shall be used other than materials similar to those used on the existing building.
Access construction
No residential unit hereby permitted shall be occupied until the vehicular and pedestrian means of access have been constructed in accordance with the approved plans. Those means of access shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purposes.
No Objection.
No objection with the proposal.
No objection in principle, subject to separate drainage connections to public sewer and approval of revised layout prior to works.
