26 April 2022 · Planning Committee
Appetites, 6, Prospect Hill, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 1ej
The application sought to change the ground floor use of a three-storey mid-terrace commercial property in Douglas town centre from a sandwich bar to a hot food takeaway, with specified operating hours up to 10pm on Fridays, Saturdays, bank holidays, and during TT.
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The officer assessed the proposal against the statutory test for Conservation Areas, finding it preserves or protects the character as there are no external alterations and a condition prevents waste …
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in siting, scale, design; not adversely affect amenity, character, road safety, or traffic flows; provide safe access and parking. Officer found proposal complies as it fits mixed-use zoning, no external changes, conditions mitigate impacts, and parking unchanged for town centre shop use.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking in accordance with standards; Appendix 7.6 notes town centre shops need service vehicle space. No change in parking requirement from sandwich bar to takeaway, both treated as town centre shops, so acceptable.
Strategic Policy 4
Proposals must protect or enhance Conservation Areas. No external alterations and conditioned waste control ensure character preserved.
Strategic Policy 10
New development must not adversely affect highway safety. Speculative parking issues do not reach unacceptable level.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character. Proposal passes statutory test with no visual impact.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Operating hours
No customers shall be served or remain in the building outside the following hours: Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Bank Holiday 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.; TT Period 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (TT Period is from the day of the first race to the day of the last race). Reason: In the interests of the public safety and as the application has specifically listed these times and the application have been considered on this basis.
No external refuse storage
No approval is hereby given for refuse or recycling storage along Prospect Hill. Reason: to protect the character and streetscene of the area.
Highways Development Control objects due to cumulative parking and highway safety issues from the hot food takeaway, while Douglas Borough Council raises no objection subject to no change in waste storage arrangements.
Key concern: cumulative parking infringements and highway safety impacts from hot food takeaway
Highway Services Division
ObjectionHighways Development Control finds it to likely exacerbate parking infringements on double yellow lines along Prospect Hill and difficulties for buses using the bus stop in Victoria Street; there is a cumulative impact issue arising in the evenings from the hot food takeaway elements; parking in the evenings is strongly associated with hot food takeways in the area
Conditions requested: opening hour restrictions considered by a planning condition
Douglas Borough Council
No CommentAlthough at this stage we are not raising an objection to the application we would like to know how the applicant intends to mitigate against an increase in the residual waste produced
Douglas Borough Council
Conditional No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council would have no objections on the condition that there is no change to the current situation of how residual and recycling waste is managed; The Council would strongly object to waste receptacles being stored outside of the property on the pedestrian pavement area
Conditions requested: no change to the current situation of how residual and recycling waste is managed; residual waste is bagged and currently stored within the property which should continue if permission is granted
