**Document:** Planning Statement Department Infrastructure
**Application:** 14/00112/B — Installation of a doorway to north elevation of building
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2014-05-15
**Parish:** Michael
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/5126-jurby-hangar-installation-doors/documents/1295353

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# Planning Statement Department Infrastructure

## infrastructure
planning and building control
bun-troggalys - planal as gurneil troggal

Murray House,
Mount Havelock,
Douglas,
Isle of Man,
IM1 2SF.
email: chris.balmer@gov.im
Tel: (01624) 685908
Fax: (01624) 686443
Director of Planning & Building Control
Michael Gallagher, M.R.T.P.I.

7th March 2014

Mr. A. Johnstone,
Planning Appeals Secretary,
Chief Secretary's Office,
Government Offices,
Buck's Road,
Douglas, IM1 3PN.

Dear Mr. Johnstone,

### Re: Installation of a doorway to north elevation of building - Hangar 230, Jurby Industrial Estate, Jurby - 14/00112/B

Please find attached a statement on behalf of the Planning and Building Control Division of the Department of Infrastructure. The application site is owned and maintained by the Department of Infrastructure of which the planning authority is also part. As such, under 10 (1) (b) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (NO 2) Order 2013 the application cannot be considered by the Planning Committee which is part of the Department of Infrastructure.

As the Department has a perceived interest in the site as a result of owning it, the planning authority's role in the determination of the application is only to advise on the policy status and to provide assistance in the drafting of conditions, should the application be considered for approval. It is not the planning authority's position to make any recommendation on whether the application should be approved or refused.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Balmer
Planning Officer

## 1.0 Introduction

1.1 The aim of this statement is to provide background information to the planning application and to set out the relevant policies to consider in respect of the proposed development.

1.2 The site is owned by the Department of Infrastructure, and that Department is also the Planning Authority, the application must be considered by an Independent Inspector and the decision taken by the Council of Ministers under 10 (1) (b) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (NO 2) Order 2013.

1.3 The Department has no other interest in the proposal.

## 2.0 The Application Site

2.1 The site comprises of a large detached industrial building which is located on the western edge of the Jurby Industrial Estate and northeast of the Jurby Prison. The building is currently used to accommodate the Jurby Transport Museum which was officially opened April 2010.

2.2 The Jurby Industrial Estate – is an area of 16ha (39.5 acres) - situated on the south western side of the A14 and to the south east of the A10 coastal highway. The area accommodates a number of industrial units based upon a former RAF Second World War air base. A number of the former airfield structures have recently been Registered (see Appendix One).

2.3 There are presently two accesses into the estate - one at the south eastern end off the A14 and the other off the A10 coast road. The former access replaces the original access into the estate which was 300m to the north west and is now closed off to vehicular traffic.

2.4 The buildings within the estate are a mixture of older timber structures and more modern prefabricated units although the layout is still more or less as it

was when the airbase was operational with each building on its own concrete pad with narrow estate roads winding around and to them.

### 3.0 Proposal

3.1 The application seeks approval for the installation of a pedestrian doorway to north elevation of building.

### 4.0 Planning Policy

4.1 In terms of the current Development Plan, the application site is within an area zoned as 'Airfield', under the Isle of Man Development Plan Order 1982. The site is not within a Conservation Area, but is within an area zoned as High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance.

4.2 The following policy documents are considered relevant in the consideration of this application:

- Isle of Man Development Plan Order 1982; and
- The Isle of Man Strategic Plan (20th June 2007)

4.4 Due to the land use designation of the site and the type of development proposed the following policies are relevant for consideration:-

4.5 "General Policy 2: Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:

(a) is in accordance with the design brief in the Area Plan where there is such a brief;
(b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them;
(c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape;
(d) does not adversely affect the protected wildlife or locally important habitats on the site or adjacent land, including water courses;
(e) does not affect adversely public views of the sea;
(f) incorporates where possible existing topography and landscape features, particularly trees and sod banks;

(g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality;
(h) provides satisfactory amenity standards in itself, including where appropriate safe and convenient access for all highway users, together with adequate parking, servicing and manoeuvring space;
(i) does not have an unacceptable effect on road safety or traffic flows on the local highways;
(j) can be provided with all necessary services;
(k) does not prejudice the use or development of adjoining land in accordance with the appropriate Area Plan;
(l) is not on contaminated land or subject to unreasonable risk of erosion or flooding;
(m) takes account of community and personal safety and security in the design of buildings and the spaces around them; and
(n) is designed having due regard to best practice in reducing energy"

### 5.0 Planning History

5.1 The previous planning application is considered relevant in the assessment and determination of this application:
5.2 Erection of signage - 11/00220/D – APPROVED
5.3 Change of use of hangar for the display and restoration of vintage vehicles with refreshment facilities - 08/01746/C – APPROVED

### 6.0 Representations

6.1 All written representations which have been received by the Planning Authority have been forwarded onto the Chief Secretary’s Office for the Independent Inspector to consider when making their assessment.

### 7.0 Assessment

7.1 From visiting the site and studying the plans the Planning Department would recommend there is a single issues which required consideration when assessing the proposal:

- The potential impacts upon the visual amenities of the buildings and upon of the street scene

Potential impacts upon the visual amenities of the buildings and upon of the street scene

7.2 Any development on this site should be considered firstly against General Policy 2 and namely paragraphs (b) and (c) which are considered the relevant aspects of the policy which deals with this issue. Paragraph (b) states that any development should:-

"respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them;

And paragraph (c) states that any development:-

"does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape;"

7.3 Overall, the Inspector recommending an approval should feel comfortable that the proposed works of the site would be appropriate and not have a significant visual impact upon the area or the individual building.

### 8.0 Conditions

8.1 If the Inspector is minded to recommend to the Council of Ministers that the application is approved, the Planning Authority would suggest that the following conditions are attached to the approval notice:-

1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

2. The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in full accordance with the following plans 01, 02 and 03 all received on 30th January 2014.

This statement has been prepared by Mr Chris Balmer, MA Hons, MTCP, MRTPI Senior Planning Officer, on behalf of the Planning Division of the Department of Infrastructure.

Signed _________________________ Date 07/03/14
Mr Chris Balmer

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*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/).*
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