5 August 2022 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
10, Peel Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 4lr
The proposal involves converting a four-storey mid-terrace building previously used as an office (class 2.1) into a single residential dwellinghouse (class 3.3) at 10 Peel Road, Douglas. The site is in a Mixed Use (St George) designation under the Area Plan for the East, where residential uses are acceptable alongside …
Click a button above to find applications similar to this one.
See how this application compares to similar ones — policies, conditions, and outcomes side by side.
The officer assessed the principle of development as acceptable because the site is within a Mixed Use area where residential uses are supported by the Area Plan for the East.
General Policy 2
Requires development to accord with land-use zoning, respect site surroundings in siting, scale, design, amenity, access, parking, road safety, and energy reduction. The officer found the change of use compliant as it respects the mixed-use zoning, provides satisfactory amenities and access, and avoids adverse impacts on neighbours, character, or highways.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking provision per standards, but allows relaxation for reuse of redundant sound buildings, or where near bus routes without unacceptable on-street parking. Officer accepted no on-site parking shortfall as outweighed by reusing the redundant office building, supported by Highway Services' no-objection.
Strategic Policy 1
Encourages optimising use of redundant buildings and under-used land. The conversion of the existing office building aligns with this by reusing a sound redundant structure.
Housing Policy 17
Sets amenity standards for conversions including space for refuse, pleasant outlook, and parking where practical. Applied generally to the dwelling conversion; officer confirmed acceptable refuse storage, outlook, and parking impacts.
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.
does not object to this application (29.07.2022) after the location of bin storage has been provided.
do not oppose this application (01.06.2022). The comment states that there is no significant negative impact on highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.
Highway Services Division has no objection to application 22/00605/C, recommending consideration of bicycle parking and EV charging points. Douglas Borough Council initially requested details on waste and bicycle storage but later confirmed no objections after review.
Highway Services Division
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.; The Applicant should consider installing bicycle parking and electric vehicle charging points to aid net zero objectives.
Douglas Borough Council
No Commentprior to providing our comments on this application we would kindly ask that the applicant provides some additional information on what arrangements are being made for the storage of waste and recycling receptacles. We would also ask for some details on the arrangements for secure bicycle storage.
Douglas Borough Council
No Objectionwe are all ok with where the bins are going and I guess the bike storage inside the property is also acceptable.; I note that highways haven’t raised any issues so we are good to go with this one now.
