**Document:** Officer Planning Report **Application:** 10/00259/GB — Erection of a detached building to provide an office/staff rest area and lavatory (In association with 10/00260/CON) **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2010-04-14 **Parish:** Malew **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/35803-malew-church-great-meadow-office/documents/1347013 --- # Officer Planning Report **Application No.:** 10/00259/GB **Applicant:** Malew Burial Ground Authority **Proposal:** Erection of a detached building to provide an office/staff rest area and lavatory (In association with 10/00260/CON) **Site Address:** Malew Church Great Meadow Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 4EB ### Considerations Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett **Expected Decision Level:** Senior Planning Officer ### Written Representations ### Consultations Consultee : Highways Division Notes: Do not oppose Consultee : Malew Parish Commissioners Notes: Do not object Consultee : Manx Electricity Authority Notes: Comments received ### Officer's Report ### The Site The site defined in red represents part of the curtilage of Malew Parish Church, a traditional church building sitting in an otherwise relatively isolated landscape between Great Meadow and Malew House, to the south west of Cross Four Ways. The Church sits within its graveyard with an additional section of cemetery sitting on the south eastern side of the road which is identified in blue. The church itself is a T-shaped building orientated west - east as many churches are, built in stone and finished in a white painted render with a naturally slated roof and a bell tower at the western end. ### Planning Status The site lies within an area designated on the Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) Order 1982 as "Worship" and within the draft Southern Area Plan which was published on 23rd October, 2009 the site is not specifically designated for a particular use but the Registered Building status is acknowledged. The site is part of an area of Incised Slopes on the Landscape Character Assessment plan. The application building was Registered in April 2008. PLANNING HISTORY The following applications have been considered in respect of this site: PA 00/0870 - siting of an oil tank - permitted PA 06/1432 - erection of an extension to the rear of the church, creation of a lych gate and churchyard store - permitted on appeal THE PROPOSAL Now proposed is an amendment to the extension part of the scheme. The approved extension took the form of a detached building linked to the church by a glazed structure. After this was costed, the church was not in a position to be able to afford the works and as such the proposal to create additional space has been modified to take the form of a detached building which involves no change to the existing structure, the creation of overall less new floorspace and the provision of a larger disabled person's toilet facility. The approved scheme involved the creation of a grass roof on the extension as it would have been visible to those within the church. As this will no longer be visible to those crossing the existing staircase, the grassed roof has now been omitted from the scheme and the roof is to be finished in fibreglass. The walls are to be finished in natural stone with relocated gravestones attached to the external walls with brackets. REPRESENTATIONS Department of Transport Highways and Traffic Division (now part of the Department of Infrastructure) indicate that they do not object to the application Malew Parish Commissioners indicate that they do not oppose the application The Manx Electricity Authority indicate that the applicant should discuss the provision of existing and proposed electricity to the development. This is not a material planning consideration (there are no existing overhead services) and as such should not be referred to in the planning decision notice. ASSESSMENT The proposed development is relatively similar to the approved scheme other than it will not have the grassed roof and will not involved a glazed link tot he main church nor any change to the fabric of the church itself. When completed the building should look like a structure which has always been alongside the church, not imitating it but complementing it and providing facilities - a toilet, store for use by those visiting or working within the churchyard. PARTY STATUS The local authority is, by virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005, paragraph 6 (5) (d), considered an "interested person" and as such should be afforded party status. The Department of Transport Highways and Traffic Division is now part of the Department of Infrastructure of which the planning authority is part. As such, the Highways and Traffic Division cannot be afforded party status in this instance. ## Recommendation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 06.04.2010 6 April 2010 10/00259/GB ## Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal ### C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal - : Notes attached to refusals C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice. C 2. This approval relates to the construction of a detached toilet/store building as shown in drawings 01, 02 and 20 all received on 25th February, 2010. I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular No 09/09 Delegation of functions, 10/09 Delegation of Functions (Development Procedure), GC No 11/09 (Advertisements) and GC No 12/09 (Registered Buildings) all to the Senior Planning Officer Decision Made : Permitted Date : Signed : Senior Planning Officer --- *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/35803-malew-church-great-meadow-office/documents/1347013*