29 December 2022 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (Jennifer Chance)
Garage, Westend House, 7, Arbory Road, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1na
The proposal at Westend House, 7 Arbory Road, Castletown, involves demolishing an existing single storey conservatory and building a new flat roof single storey extension extending 5 metres beyond the rear outrigger, abutting side boundaries, plus rendering the exposed limestone on the two-storey rear outrigger to matc…
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The officer judged the rendering of the two-storey limestone outrigger acceptable as it matches the main dwelling's painted smooth render and aligns with the mix of exposed stone, painted stone, and r…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; not adversely affect townscape character or local resident amenity. Officer assessed the extension's scale and positioning as respectful of existing buildings and garden, with no significant amenity harm to no.9, and rendering as consistent externally.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character, protecting special features. Rendering judged not negative as matching host and fitting local finish variety; extension not harming character.
Strategic Policy 4
Requires protection/enhancement of Conservation Areas. Cited as relevant but assessment focused on character preservation via GP2/ENV35.
Environment Policy 34
Prefers traditional materials for pre-1920 buildings. Render not traditional for exposed stone but accepted as consistent with host and area variety.
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 highways interest in the application
Highway Services Division has no interest in the application, and DOI Flood Risk Management does not oppose subject to conditions for flood resilient mitigations.
Key concern: Proposed building is in a surface water flood zone
Highway Services Division
No Objectionthere is no Highways HDC interest (NHI) in: 22/01278/B
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
Conditional No ObjectionDNOC; Flood Risk Management’s input has been deferred pending further information; DNO Do not oppose; DNOC Do not oppose subject to condition(s)
Conditions requested: flood resilient mitigations are incorporated in to the design
