**Document:** Approval in Principle Decision Notice **Application:** 05/00464/A — Approval in principle for the construction of a five storey building over two levels of carparking consisting of 220 bedrooms, bars, restaurants, function rooms, fitness centre and service area **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2005-08-09 **Parish:** Braddan **Document Type:** decision / decision_notice **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/78123-braddan-site-bounded/documents/1207884 --- # Approval in Principle Decision Notice ## Town and Country Planning Acts, 1934 - 1991 ### Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) (Douglas 2000 Area) Order 1994 Construction Design Ltd 14 Tynwald Street Douglas IM1 1BG In pursuance of powers granted under the above Acts and Order the PLANNING COMMITTEE of the Department of Local Government and the Environment does hereby APPROVE the following application made on behalf of: **Name:** Middlemarch Ltd **Proposal:** Approval in principle for the construction of a five storey building over two levels of carparking consisting of 220 bedrooms, bars, restaurants, function rooms, fitness centre and service area **at:** Site Bounded By Victoria Street, Lord Street And Walpole Avenue Douglas Isle Of Man which was considered on 5 August 2005, subject to compliance with the conditions specified below. **Date of Issue:** 9th August, 2005 **Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas** **Secretary Planning Committee** ### Schedule Of Conditions: 1. This approval is in principle only and will remain valid for a period of two years within which time no development may take place until such time as details of the reserved matters (siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access, landscaping) have been approved by the Planning Authority. Such reserved matters should form the subject of a single application. 2. The application for Reserved Matters must include a Transport Assessment which projects the number of arrivals and departures by staff, patrons, guests, and service vehicles and demonstrates how those movements will be catered for, and a Road Safety Audit; both should be prepared in consultation with the Highway Authority. 3. The application for Reserved Matters must include full details of all drainage proposals, including site investigation to establish existing services, flow calculations, and arrangements for pool discharge and petrol interception; these details should be prepared in consultation with the Drainage Services Manager at Douglas Corporation. 4. No approval is hereby implied to the layout and design shown on the submitted indicative drawings; the detailed design should be prepared in consultation with the Department's planning officers, and should comply with the following criteria:- (a) the building should be of modern architectural style using high quality finishes and detailing; (b) the ground-level frontage to the highway should include active public rooms and interest, and should not comprise a dead frontage simply masking garaging and accommodating ventilation grilles; and (c) the building should not, generally, at eaves level, be higher than the eaves level of the Jubilee Buildings. NOTE The applicant is advised to consult the Water Authority with regard to the Water Supply Byelaws. --- Note 1: This permission refers only to that required under the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment, bylaw, order or regulation. Note 2: No works may be commenced until such time as - - the time for requesting an appeal in relation to the decision has expired; or - any appeal has been completed. Note 3: Rights of the appeal against the decision of the planning committee are attached. Note 4: An appeal must be requested within a period of 21 days. --- *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/78123-braddan-site-bounded/documents/1207884*