APL Planning Statement
PLANNING STATEMENT Applicant: Mr N Joughin Property Address: 5, Falcon Cliff Terrace, Douglas, IM2 4AU Description of Existing House and Site:
The property is a period semi-detached house, with four bedrooms on the first floor. It has an attached double garage which occupies a similar width of land to the house itself.
The house has rendered and pebble-dashed elevations and a grey slated roof. There is a small open porch leading to the front door. The windows are white upvc.
The large rear garden runs across the full width of the plot and contains a small summer house.
On the ground floor the hallway leads to a front lounge, a separate dining room to the rear and a staircase leading to the first floor which has four bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The kitchen is located to the rear of the house in an outrigger which is typical of this period. Above the kitchen the fourth bedroom and bathroom are located.
To the rear of the kitchen a single storey extension has been constructed and this provides a WC and also a sun room, with a large window looking onto the garden.
Parking:
- As with most of the houses in Falcon Cliff Terrace there is only on street parking provision. The attached double garage has formerly been used as a store and workshop but it is not thought that cars were regularly parked in the garage. The Proposal:
It is proposed to demolish the attached garage and to replace it with a two-storey house which would be attached to number 5. This would in effect form a small terrace of three properties and this would be in keeping with other properties in Falcon Cliff Terrace.
In Falcon Cliff Terrace there are 10 terraced houses on the west side of the road and 8 terraced houses (in a terrace of 5 and a further terrace of 3) on the east side of the road. Therefore, creating a further small terrace of 3 houses is in keeping with the immediate area.
Following Advice from the Planning Officer:
After the first planning application was refused a meeting was held with Mr Paul Visigah the planning officer.
- At this meeting Mr Visigah advised that the plans should be modified so that the height of the proposed two-storey house is less than the existing ridge height of
number 5. The plans have been adjusted accordingly and the proposed house is now 0.975m lower at the ridge than number 5, showing a clear differential in height.
At the meeting Mr Visigah also advised that there should be a pathway of sufficient width to the left side of the new house so that the rear garden can be accessed and bins etc moved from front to rear. The width of the new house has therefore been reduced so that there is a pathway with a minimum clear width of 1m.
Finally, Mr Visigah advised that he was concerned about possible over-looking from the proposed Bed 4 of the new house, as this would be to the rear of the first-floor outrigger and looking towards the rear garden of the adjoining property, Clifton.
To deal with this Bed 4 has been moved to the front of the outrigger, nearer to the rear of the main house and therefore the window will look towards the side gable of Clifton which has no habitable room windows looking towards the proposed new house. The new bathroom will be moved to the rear of the outrigger and the window will have obscure glass, so there will be no possibility of over-looking of the rear garden of Clifton.
Mr Visigah also advised that he would ask a colleague to deal with the new planning application so that a “fresh pair of eyes” could consider it.
