10 February 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Hampton Manor, Quines Hill, Port Soderick, Isle Of Man, IM4 1ba
The proposal involves erecting a two-storey extension to the rear of an existing garage at Hampton Manor, measuring 6m deep, 7.7m wide, 7.1m high to ridge (5m to eaves), with 46sqm floor area, finished in painted render matching the dwelling and a pitched roof in material similar to existing.
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The officer assessed the proposal against Housing Policy 16, which restricts extensions to non-traditional dwellings that increase public visual impact, and found it acceptable as the rear extension w…
Housing Policy 16
Restricts extensions to non-traditional dwellings that increase public visual impact. Officer assessed the rear extension's subordination via lower ridge, shallower pitch, matching finishes, and topography, ensuring no detriment to building appearance or countryside amenity despite unzoned location.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside outside settlements from adverse development unless overriding need. Proposal accepted as existing residential curtilage extension with no visual harm due to screening and low public visibility, no ecology damage.
General Policy 2
Requires general development standards. Extension meets standards for design, appearance, and integration with existing garage and site without overdevelopment.
Policy 3 of Planning Circular 3/91
Extensions should maintain original form character. Assessed as rectangular, simple form subordinate to existing building.
Planning Circular 3/91 Policy 4
Requires traditional materials or similar appearance. Proposal uses painted render and roof material matching existing.
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.
Ancillary use restriction
The games room/gym within the ground floor of the extension and the first floor garage shall only be used in association with the main dwelling house "Hampton Manor" and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house "Hampton Manor" as a single dwelling, for no commercial purposes and only in accordance with the internal layout as shown on the submitted Drawing No.01 rev A received 26 January 2022 and being retained thereafter. Reason: The dwelling is within an area not zoned for development and permission has been granted as an exception. The application does not propose to create separate units of accommodation within the site and has not been considered as such. To ensure proper control of the development and to reflect the information provided in the application, as the Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on the basis of the specific use and the documents submitted.
Do not oppose; no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
Retract previous comments requesting bat survey; bats if present not in garage area and not impacted by works
No objection
DEFA Biodiversity initially requested a bat survey but retracted it, confirming no impact expected on bats from the garage extension; Highways and Braddan Parish Commissioners raised no objections.
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.; Highways Development Control notes the amendments uploaded on 7 February 2023 and continues to not oppose this proposal.
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionBraddan Commissioners considered the following planning applications at their meeting on 30 June 2022 and had no objections to any of them; PA22/00571/B - Two-story garage extension, to the rear of the property for 2 vehicles and a games room/gym on the lower level - Hampton Manor, Quines Hill, Port Soderick
DEFA Biodiversity
Conditional No ObjectionThe Ecosystem Policy Team request that a preliminary assessment for bats is undertaken on this property by a suitably qualified ecological consultant, prior to determination of this application.; Without an up to date survey there is potential for bats and their roosts to be damaged, destroyed or blocked by the proposed works, which would be an offence under the Wildlife Act 1990.; in order to comply with Environment Policy 4 and 5 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan and the Wildlife Act 1990
Conditions requested: preliminary assessment for bats is undertaken on this property by a suitably qualified ecological consultant, prior to determination of this application; Bat surveys should be undertaken in accordance with the Bat Conservation Trusts Bat Surveys for Professional Ecologists - Good Practice Guidelines (3rd Edition 2016); survey reports are submitted prior to determination
DEFA Biodiversity
No Objectionwe would like to retract our comments requesting a bat survey for this application. We believe that if bats are present on site, they are not located in the area of the garage and therefore should not be impacted by the proposed works.
