5 December 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (A MORGAN, Interim Director of Planning and Building Control)
Grange Lodge, Clypse, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM4 5bg
The site is a single-storey traditional gatehouse dwelling in the countryside near Clypse Moar Road, Onchan, within the residential curtilage of The Grange. The proposal involves demolishing a rear porch and dilapidated south elevation store rooms, replacing them with modest patios and patio doors.
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The officer considered the main issues to be the potential visual impact upon the countryside/landscape and the individual dwelling.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside (land outside settlements or not designated for development) from adverse effects unless overriding national need. Officer found proposals would not adversely affect countryside due to modest scale and compliance with design policies for existing dwellings.
Housing Policy 15
Extensions/alterations to traditionally styled countryside properties approved if respecting proportion, form and appearance; exceptionally over 50% floor space. Proposals modest, in keeping with traditional gatehouse form, with demolitions beneficial.
Planning Circular 3/91
Guides design in countryside. Officer confirmed compliance alongside HP15, supporting no adverse countryside 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.
no objection
