**Document:** Planning Officer Report Recommendation
**Application:** 04/01278/B — Change of use for part of land for coach parking, which will then be classed as an operating centre.
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2005-03-03
**Parish:** Malew
**Document Type:** report / officer_report
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/76086-malew-ballasalla-airport-garage-change-of-use/documents/1413332

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# Planning Officer Report Recommendation

## Planning Report And Recommendations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Considerations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Written Representations We have received 13 private representations for this application. ### Consultations [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Policy

### Officer’s Report

The site represents a piece of land to the south west of the existing Airport Garage situated on the southern side of Ballasalla and on the south eastern side of the A5 between Ballasalla village and Ronaldsway airport.

Proposed here is the storage of a number of coaches on the site. The applicant clarifies that these will include 1 coach, 2 single deck buses and 2 minibuses.

Various objections have been received to this on the basis of the increased traffic which will emerge from the existing exit from the garage. Vehicles entering the site will use the existing entrance used also be garage traffic.

Malew Commissioners do not object to this application.

I have spoken with Department of Transport who consider that this will represent a marginal increase in the amount of traffic using the entrance and exit and that it is not unacceptable. These things have to park somewhere and there will be no adverse visual impact from the proposal and the garage is a busy one which already accommodates significant traffic coming and going.

### Recommendation

Recommended Decision : Permitted

Date of Recommendation : 19.02.2005

### 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 permission relates to the keeping when not in use of one coach, two single deck buses and two minibuses on the area identified in red on the plan received on 23rd June, 2004.

Decision Made : ...
Committee Meeting Date : ...

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