**Document:** Officer Planning Report Recommendations **Application:** 11/00393/C — Use of lower ground floor of detached garage as granny flat/tourist accommodation **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2011-06-08 **Parish:** Marown **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/745-marown-marown-court-garage/documents/1365305 --- # Officer Planning Report Recommendations ## Planning Report And Recommendations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Considerations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Written Representations None received at time of drafting report ### Consultations [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Officer's Report #### The Site The application site is the curtilage of the detached dwelling Marown Court, Main Road, Glen Vine. The property is situated on the southern side of the road. To the immediate east of the dwelling is a detached garage which due to the topography of the site has a lower ground floor that is accessible from the rear. #### The Proposal This application seeks approval for the use of the ground floor of the detached garage as a granny flat/tourist accommodation. The accommodation provided by the garage would include a living room with open plan kitchen area and a bedroom with en-suite bathroom. The application originally stated that the proposal was for the additional use of granny flat as tourist accommodation. However after checking the planning history for the site it became apparent that no approval has been granted for the use of the ground floor of the garage as a granny flat. As such this is a partly retrospective proposal. ## Planning Status The application site is located within an area identified as being residential use by the 1982 Development Order. ## Planning History The following previous planning applications are considered relevant in the assessment and determination of this application: 05/00286/B Amendments to approved dwelling. Permitted. 04/00117/B Erection of dwelling with detached garage. Permitted. ## Representations Marown Parish Commissioners do not object to this application. The Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure does not object to this application. The Environmental Health Officer of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture has provided information to the applicant regarding the Housing (Flats) Regulations 1982. ## Assessment The main issues to be considered in the assessment of this application are the impact of the proposal upon the amenity of the surrounding area and impact upon private amenity. The proposed accommodation would be self-contained, having all of the facilities of a small dwelling. However it is proposed that the accommodation would remain part of the curtilage of Marown Court as opposed to a separate planning unit. It is however necessary to consider the potential for subdivision of the site to form two separate dwellings as this would have potential adverse impacts. In this case, the site is served by a single access and the garage building is located in very close proximity to the main dwelling on the opposite side of the site from the access. This would act to inhibit future subdivision. Furthermore the accommodation is within the garage building which serves Marown Court which is a large dwelling that would likely require the garage to remain at its service. It is concluded that this is unlikely to be future pressure to subdivide the plot as a result of this application being permitted. In terms of impact upon private amenity, Marown Park is the only one other dwelling situated close to the proposal site (to the east of the garage building). There is a substantial distance between the site and Marown Park and it is judged that there would not be any unacceptable impacts upon private amenity as a result of the proposed development. The proposed tourist use of the lower ground floor of the garage would likely result in a rise in vehicle movements to and from the site. However the Highways Division has confirmed that it does not oppose the development as it would not have any unacceptable adverse highway safety impacts. ## Recommendation Permit. ## Party Status It is considered that the following parties, who submitted comments, accord with the requirements of Planning Circular 1/06 and are therefore, afforded Interested Party Status: Marown Parish Commissioners Accordingly the following parties are not granted Interested Party Status: The Environmental Health Officer of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture raises matters that are not material planning considerations. The Highways Division is now part of the Department of Infrastructure of which the planning authority is part. As such, the Highways Division cannot be afforded Interested Party Status. ### Recommendation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 01.06.2011 ### 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 use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time. C 2. This approval relates to the use of the lower ground floor of existing detached garage as granny flat/tourist accommodation as shown by 1104/PL01 received 22nd March 2011 and Agent Letter and 1104/PL02 received 26th April 2011. I confirm that this decision accords with the appropriate Government Circular delegating functions to the Senior Planning Officer. **Decision Made : Permitted** **Date :** 6 June 2011 Signed : Jennifer Chance Senior Planning Officer *Delete as appropriate* Signed : Michael Gallagher Director of Planning and Building Control --- *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/745-marown-marown-court-garage/documents/1365305*