20 January 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Laundry Rooms St Pauls Apartments, St Pauls Square, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1le
The proposal sought to change 11 studio apartments within St Pauls Apartments in Ramsey town centre from tourist use to permanent residential (bedsit) use, with no external alterations or increase in size. The site is in a mixed-use town centre area under the Ramsey Local Plan.
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The officer noted the proposal involves no external alterations and no increase in apartment size, describing the change from tourist to permanent residential as 'modest' given the studio scale likely…
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with land use zoning and other criteria including siting, scale, amenity of residents, highways safety, and no adverse impacts on character or traffic. Officer assessed the change of use as compatible with town centre mixed-use zoning; no physical changes meant no issues with scale, design, or landscape/townscape; parking clarification addressed highway concerns; concluded no significant harmful impacts.
Time limit
The use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time.
Approved plans
This approval relates to apartments 243 - 253 (Inclusive) defined within the red line on drawing no. 08/0446/1 date stamped the 7th October 2008.
No objection
No objection to the proposal
