**Document:** Officer Planning Report Recommendations **Application:** 10/01345/GB — Internal alterations and change of use of basement from former restaurant to archive storage (In association with 10/01346 CON) **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2010-11-11 **Parish:** Malew **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/37022-malew-compton-house-change-of-use/documents/1360145 --- # Officer Planning Report Recommendations **Application No.:** | | | :-- | :-- | | **Applicant:** | Quay Properties Ltd | | **Proposal:** | Internal alterations and change of use of basement from former restaurant to
archive storage (In association with 10/01346 CON) | | **Site Address:** | Compton House
9 Castle Street
Castletown
Isle Of Man
IM9 1LF | ### Considerations Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett **Expected Decision Level:** Senior Planning Officer ### Written Representations ### Consultations Consultee : Highways Division Notes: Do not oppose Consultee : Castletown Commissioners Notes: approved. Consultee : IOM Water \& Sewerage Authority (Water) Notes: no objection subject to the following condition ### Officer's Report ### The Site The site is the curtilage of Compton House, a three storey building situated on the corner of Parliament Square and Castle Street. To the south is 5, Parliament Square, an office and to the south west is 7, Castle Street - on the ground floor the shop premises of the Manx Electricity Authority and above there are apartments. The site is only the footprint of the building with no other external space. The premises have three floors above ground and a basement which was formerly used as a restaurant and is now unused. The ground floor of the building has a principal door which leads into the central stair serving the building. There is a second, smaller door to the left which leads down a corridor to a lobby with toilet facilities and stairs to the basement. Access into the basement is from this corridor and also from a second set of steps to the rear. ## PLANNING STATUS The site lies within an area designated on the Castletown Local Plan of 1991 and the draft Southern Area Plan which was published on 23rd October, 2009 as Mixed Use. The site is also within the Conservation Area and the building is Registered (RB 65). ## Planning History Planning permission has been sought for the following developments on this site: PA 90/0032 - internal alterations to create additional shop unit - permitted PA 91/4132 - change of use from retail to estate agent's - permitted PA 97/0542 - installation of hanging sign - permitted PA 98/2138 - removal of light and installation of CCTV - permitted PA 06/0932/0933 - installation of timber framed sliding sash windows - permitted PA 07/1359/1360 - repairs to front cobbled area, steps and bollards - permitted ### The Proposal Now proposed is the conversion of the toilet area to a space ancillary to the ground floor offices (for photocopying etc). In the basement the restaurant is to be used for storage. Rooflights and internal doors are to be replaced and internal walling removed, none of which may be viewed by the public. The rear staircase is to be removed and internal walling omitted to create the proposed storage space. ### Representations Castletown Commissioners and the Highways Authority indicate that they do not oppose the application The Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority indicate the surface water should not be discharged to the main foul sewer. None of the proposed works affect the discharge of surface water and the site is the footprint of the building so if an alternative means of disposal were required then there is no space for a soakaway to be provided. ### Assessment As the property is within a Conservation Area and the building is Registered, there is a requirement for development to preserve or enhance the building and the Area - Environment Policies 32, 33 and 35. In this case the works are all internal and will not change the appearance or character of the building. The change of use however, could result in a reduction in the number of vehicle trips and parking spaces generated by the occupation of the building as archive storage tends to result in few visits and minimal if any permanent staff presence. ### 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. The Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority are a statutory authority and should be afforded party status in this instance. ### Recommendation Recommended Decision: Permitted ## Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal ### C : Conditions for approval
N : Notes attached to conditions
R : Reasons for refusal
0 : 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 permission relates to the alterations shown in drawings 240.1.1, 240.1.2 and 240.1.3 all received on 13th September, 2010. I confirm that this decision accords with the appropriate Government Circular delegating functions 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/37022-malew-compton-house-change-of-use/documents/1360145*