**Document:** DEC Officer Report **Application:** 22/00564/MCH — Minor change application to reduce the floor area of one unit in Block D and corresponding changes to the elevations **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2022-06-07 **Parish:** Braddan **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/25387-braddan-former-parkinsons-yard/documents/1033225 --- # DEC Officer Report **Application No.:** 22/00564/MCH **Applicant:** Mr Gary Blackburn **Proposal:** Minor change application to reduce the floor area of one unit in Block D and corresponding changes to the elevations **Site Address:** Former Parkinsons Yard Peel Road Braddan Douglas Isle Of Man IM4 4LE **Planning Officer:** Mr Paul Visigah **Expected Decision Level:** Officer Delegation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 06.06.2022 ## Conditions and Notes for Approval C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions N . This approval relates to the reducing in the floor area of one unit in Block D and corresponding changes to the elevations, as shown and described in the information received on the 09.05.2022. Plans/Drawings/Information; This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings received on 09.05.2022. _______________________________________________________________ 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 19/01448/B 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 Erection of 17 general industrial units with associated parking and drainage, and alterations to vehicular access - approved on 30th September, 2020. - 21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought - - PASS - the application form and Planning Statement specifies the changes that the application proposes: o It proposes the reduction in area of one of the units to half of its approved area, creating a stepped footprint at this point in Block D. - 21(2)(b) The application specifies why the applicant considers the minor changes to be of a minor nature - PASS - reasons provided in paragraph 2.4 of Planning Statement provided by the applicant. - 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 (None of the 19 conditions imposed on the parent application would be altered). - 21(2)(d)The Minor Change Application is not to be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired - - PASS - original application approved on 30th September, 2020. 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 line) - 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 not necessary in this case - - 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 - does not materially increase size or scale of approved development. - 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, with only change being the reduction in size of a unit and minor alterations to rear and side elevation. - 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 a Principal Planner 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: 06.06.2022 Determining officer Signed : A MORGAN Abigail Morgan Principal Planner 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/25387-braddan-former-parkinsons-yard/documents/1033225*