6 March 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner Jason Singleton
2, Marlborough Terrace, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 3qj
The site is the residential curtilage of a house in Douglas within the Selbourne Drive Conservation Area, featuring a single-storey outbuilding on the rear boundary. The proposal entails demolishing this outbuilding, hardening the surface to create a parking area at the rear lane, and erecting a new rear boundary wall …
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The officer applied the statutory test for the Conservation Area, concluding that the driveway conversion at the rear lane would preserve the appearance of the rear lane and the character of the area,…
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 (b), (c), (g), (m), (n) requires consideration of development impacts on amenity, character, highway safety, and drainage. The officer assessed the proposal as compliant, particularly in preserving Conservation Area character and ensuring no highway safety issues.
Environment Policy 35
Environment Policy 35 relates to development in sensitive environments like Conservation Areas. The proposal was found to preserve the area's character, with demolition and new wall not detracting from appearance.
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 (26.01.2023)
does not object (29.01.2023)
Highways Development Control has no objection subject to conditions including access arrangements per drawing and a Section 109(A) Highway Agreement. Douglas Borough Council has no objections but requests that the development does not prohibit refuse bin storage within the curtilage.
Department of Infrastructure Highways Development Control
Conditional No ObjectionThe proposal raises no significant road safety or highway network efficiency issues. Accordingly, Highway Services Development Control have no objection to the proposal subject to all access arrangements to accord with Drawing No. 1.; The Applicant is advised that a S109(A) Highway Agreement is needed after the grant of planning consent.; Recommendation: DNOC
Conditions requested: all access arrangements to accord with Drawing No. 1; Section 109(A) Highway Agreement required for the alteration to the highway (creation of a new access)
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections but wish to comment as follows:; This development must not prohibit the refuse bin from being removed from the highway to be stored within the curtilage of the property between refuse collections.
Conditions requested: This development must not prohibit the refuse bin from being removed from the highway to be stored within the curtilage of the property between refuse collections.
