**Document:** DEC Officer Report **Application:** 20/01021/MCH — Minor Changes application to PA 19/01396/B involving plots 1 & 2 to increase length of driveway and provide additional landscape to frontage **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2020-10-06 **Parish:** Marown **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/31391-marown-ballagarey-nurseries/documents/1053786 --- # DEC Officer Report **Application No.:** 20/01021/MCH **Applicant:** Hartford Homes Ltd **Proposal:** Minor Changes application to PA 19/01396/B involving plots 1 & 2 to increase length of driveway and provide additional landscape to frontage **Site Address:** Ballagarey Nurseries Greeba Avenue Glen Vine Isle Of Man IM4 4ED Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett **Expected Decision Level:** Officer Delegation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 05.10.2020 _________________________________________________________________ ## Conditions and Notes for Approval C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions Note: This minor change approval relates to the repositioning of the dwellings on plots 1 and 2 and the provision of additional landscaping as shown in drawing 19. Plans/Drawings/Information; This decision relates to drawings 16, 17 and 19 all received on 15th September, 2020. _______________________________________________________________ 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 19/01396/B and no MCH applications have been made to date - 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 dwellings - 21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought - - PASS - the application states that the proposal is to amend the positions of two dwellings slightly within their plots so that there are is more length to the drives on the frontage to improve the street scene by adding increased landscaping and tree planting. - 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, namely: - 1 No change to the house type or elevations is proposed. - 2 No change to the plot boundaries is proposed. - 3 Generous privacy distance is maintained with the closest distance between the proposed location and existing properties is at least 30.5m. The properties do not directly face each other. - 4 The drive access on to the highway locations remain unaltered. - 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 alteration to the house types, just the positions - 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 29th July, 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/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 - - 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 increase size or scale. The proposed changes result in the properties being moved further back on each plot and the driveways increased from 7.6m to around 10m. An additional tree is to be introduced on plot 2. - 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. Whilst the position of the properties is being changed this results in a very minor change to the distance separating the existing from the proposed dwellings and these distances remain well in excess of the 20m below which there is generally considered to be a potential issue with privacy (Residential Design Guidance 2019). In any case the proposed dwellings are not positioned to be directly facing existing properties. - 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 for the reasons set out above - 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. Decision Made : Permitted Date : 06.10.2020 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/31391-marown-ballagarey-nurseries/documents/1053786*