**Document:** Highways Division Planning Responses **Application:** 13/00456/B — Replace garage door with a window and erection of a porch canopy to dwelling **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2013-06-14 **Parish:** Lezayre **Document Type:** consultation / highways_response **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/4292-sulby-fo-cronk-sulby-replacement-garage/documents/1291184 --- # Highways Division Planning Responses From: Fletcher, Hazel Sent: 14 May 2013 15:47 To: Balmer, Chris; Callow, Jo (DOI); Chance, Jennifer; Connan, Marie; Corlett, Sarah; Davy, Laura; DOI, Planning; Holmes, Anthony; McKnight, Melissa Subject: Planning Responses ### PA 13/00449/C Change of use from warehouse and manufacturing to display / distribution and sales of industrial / automotive products and warehousing, Units 22 & 24 Spring Valley Industrial Estate Although the change of use involves sales the primary use of the application site will be industrial and the sales will be directly related to the warehouse / storage use; therefore the application has been assessed using the most onerous industrial car parking standards of 1 space per 30sqm of nett floor space. This parking requirement has been met while retaining access for loading at each unit. The application meets the relevant highway standards and policies. ### PA 13/00447/B Alterations and extension to dwelling and erection of a summer house, Melvaig House 32 The Park The application meets the relevant highway standards and policies. ### PA 13/00463/B Installation of a replacement shop front, 84 Bucks Road The application meets the relevant highway standards and policies. ### PA 13/00456/B Replace garage door with a window and erection of a porch canopy to dwelling, Fo Cronk Sulby Glen Sulby The application meets the relevant highway standards and policies. ### PA 13/00448/B Alterations to conservatory (retrospective), Balquhidder 9 Woodlands Close The application meets the relevant highway standards and policies. ### PA 13/00450/B Erection of an extension to dwelling, Tranent Churchtown The application does not contain details of the visibility splay that is available therefore it is not possible to assess the impact on road safety. Please defer the application until details of the visibility splay have been provided. ### PA 13/00451/B Erection of a horse shelter, Field 114173 Adjacent To Glion Cottage Thurot Cottage Road No adverse traffic impact ### PA 13/00452/A Approval in principle for erection of a dwelling to replace existing redundant barn, Agricultural Building Robin Hill Farm Cronk Y Dhooney Ballakilpheric Colby There is insufficient detail to determine if the access is suitable; there should be a scale plan showing the visibility at the access, details of the gate and an access wide enough to serve 2 dwellings. The garage is less than 3m wide internally and is therefore unlikely to be used for parking a vehicle due to the difficulty of opening the vehicle doors. The gate should be set 6m back from the highway to prevent a waiting vehicle obstructing the passage of traffic while the gate is being opened or closed; a shared access should be 4.1m wide for the first 6m of its length to allow entering and exiting vehicles to pass. PA 13/00453/B Erection of a storage barn, Upper Sartfield Sartfield Road No adverse traffic impact PA 13/00462/B Erection of dwelling (amendment to dwelling approved under PA 10/01558/B), Plot 25 Springfield Rise Off Mines Road Foxdale The garage is less than 3m wide internally and unlikely to be used to park a car due to the difficulty in opening the doors, the driveway in front of the door to the dwelling is 5m in length and parking a vehicle here is likely to result in the vehicle overhanging the public highway. The application therefore fails to provide 2no off road car parking spaces in contravention of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan parking standards. Note: This issue was highlighted in the Division's response to the PA 10/01558/B at a time when the Planning and Highway Divisions used different minimum standards for garages and car parking spaces. Since the introduction of the revised Permitted Development Order that reflects the higher standards of Manx Roads all residential parking is required to meet the higher standards. Experience has shown that a failure to meet Manx Roads standards leads to vehicles being parked overhanging the footway or on the public carriageway. Hazel Fletcher Traffic Engineer Highways Division Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF Tel: 01624 686639 Mob: 07624 431350 infrastructure operations bun-troggalys - obbraghyn Please consider the environment. Do not print off this e-mail unless absolutely necessary - thank you. --- *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/4292-sulby-fo-cronk-sulby-replacement-garage/documents/1291184*