**Document:** DEC Officer Report **Application:** 21/00480/MCH — Minor Change application to PA 20/01116/B involving amendment to the roof covering of approved outbuilding **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2021-05-19 **Parish:** Arbory **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/23933-colby-fern-villa-outbuilding-roof/documents/1030751 --- # DEC Officer Report **Application No.:** 21/00480/MCH **Applicant:** Mr David Le Couteur Thomas **Proposal:** Minor Change application to PA 20/01116/B involving amendment to the roof covering of approved outbuilding **Site Address:** Fern Villa & Part Fields 410213 & 410216 Ballakillowey Road Colby Isle Of Man IM9 4BW Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett **Expected Decision Level:** Officer Delegation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 17.05.2021 _________________________________________________________________ ## Conditions and Notes for Approval C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions N 1. Approval is hereby given for all of the changes proposed. Plans/Drawings/Information; This decision to change the finish of the roof of the outbuilding, relates to drawings P00A and the unreferenced elevational drawing all received on 29th April, 2021. _______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons n/a _____________________________________________________________________________ ### Officer’s Report INTRODUCTION The following application is to be assessed against the criteria set out in Part 3 - Minor Changes Applications of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 specifically Articles 21, 22, 23 and 24. ## BASIS OF APPLICATION - 21(1) This is the only minor changes application that has been made in respect of any particular grant of planning approval. - - PASS - relates to 20/01116/B for the erection of a replacement dwelling and new garage/agricultural building and no other MCH applications have been submitted in respect of this application - 21(2)(a) The Minor Change Application relates to the grant of planning approval in respect of a building - - PASS - relates to the erection of a replacement dwelling and detached garage/agricultural building - 21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought - - PASS - amendment to the roof covering for the proposed outbuilding: the south facing roof which was to be finished in sheeting will now be finished in slate to match the house and the outbuildings in the surrounding area, and the north facing roof will be finished in a sedum rather than sheeted roof and planted with Stonecrop and Biting Stonecrop which are native to the Island and recommended by DEFA. - 21(2)(b) The application specifies why the applicant considers the minor changes to be of a minor nature - PASS - set out in application form: the applicant believes that the impact of the building will be reduced by the proposed changes - 21(2)(c)(i) The Minor Change Application does not increase the number of dwellings or buildings for which planning approval has been granted - - PASS - no increase - 21(2)(c)(ii)The Minor Change Application does not increase the net external footprint of a building for which planning approval has been granted - - PASS - no increase - 21(2)(c)(iii) The Minor Change Application does not alter the site for which planning approval has been granted and which was defined by a red line on the site location map by changing that line - PASS - no change to site - 21(2)(c)(iv) The Minor Change Application does not make material changes to the vehicular access arrangements for which planning approval has been granted - PASS - no change - 21(2)(c)(v) The Minor Change Application does not alter the conditions (if any) which have been imposed - PASS - no change - 21(2)(d)The Minor Change Application is not be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired - - PASS - original application approved 18th Dec 2019 ## APPLICATION CONTENT - 22(3)(a) Application Form - - PASS - provided - 22(3)(a&c) The information in Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 has been provided: - o Site location plan (with red/blue lines) - o The planning approval that is the subject of the application - o Explanation of changes being applied for and reasons why - o drawings of the proposed minor changes with buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes - o Flood risk assessment is/is not necessary in this case: there is a risk of surface water flooding on some parts of the site (not that on which the outbuilding which is the subject of this application is sited) but the proposed change in roofing will not materially change this - - PASS - provided - 22(3)(b) Provision of other documents specified on form but not in Schedule 1 - - PASS - No other documents provided - 22(3)(4) Fee - PASS - Dealt with at submission 22(6) Such further info as Department may request prior to determination (has anything further been requested and provided? - PASS - None requested DETERMINATION 23(1)(a) The Minor Change does not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question - PASS - the change does not change the size or scale of the approved development and would visually reduce the impact of it as seen in the landscape - 23(1)(b) The Minor Change does not significantly change the nature of the development in question - PASS - nature of original development is not changed - 23(1)(c) The Minor Change does not result in an approval which, at the time of approval, complied with a Development Plan, National Policy Directive or a Planning Policy Statement, ceasing to do so - - PASS - remains compliant - 23(1)(d) The Minor Change does not result in new or increased adverse impacts on adjoining or neighbouring properties having a significant or disproportionate impact on the environment (irrespective of whether such impacts might be outweighed by other considerations) - PASS - there will be no new or increased impacts compared with the parent approval. - 23(1)(e) The Minor Change is not more than minor and is not of a magnitude to warrant a new application - - PASS - considered minor - 23(1)(e)The Minor Change does not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made. - PASS - basis of original approval remains unchanged - 23(2) If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. - is the application considered acceptable? - - PASS - acceptable NOTICE OF DECISION - 24(2)(a) Set out whether all or some of the changes are accepted - - All changes are accepted - 24(2)(b) Set out whether any elements are refused, the reasons for that. ## - - N/A I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status Decision Made : Permitted Date : 18.05.2021 Determining officer Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management ## Customer note ## This copy of the officer report reflects the content of the file copy and has been produced in this form for the benefit of our online services/customers and archive records. --- *Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).* *Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/23933-colby-fern-villa-outbuilding-roof/documents/1030751*