**Document:** Officer Planning Report **Application:** 06/01576/B — Change of use of existing light industrial unit to a vehicle body repair unit **Decision:** Refused **Decision Date:** 2007-01-29 **Parish:** Braddan **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/81554-braddan-plot-4-change-of-use/documents/1479331 --- # Officer Planning Report ## Planning Report And Recommendations [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Considerations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Written Representations ### Consultations ### Officer's Report ## THE APPLICATION SITE AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT The site is defined as the curtilage of a light industrial building within the Middle River Industrial Estate. The adjoining site (Plot 24) has been blue-lined. The site is within an area which is zoned on the Douglas Local Plan for Light Industrial use. The application proposes that the unit should be used for vehicle body repairs in association with unit 2A. Access between the two sites would be formed by the removal of the boundary fence. ## PLANNING HISTORY It is material to have regard to PA 05/1114:- Erection of two light industrial units, Plot 4, Middle River Industrial Estate. Approved on Review 4.11.05. Condition (2) restricts the use to light industrial purposes. ### Representations The only "Objection" as such is from the Department of Transport, which assesses that each working bay would require four off-street parking spaces, and notes that the application does not demonstrate how this could be achieved. ### Assessment The proposed use would be acceptable on this estate and in this location. The principal issue is whether there is sufficient space to accommodate the parking which would be generated by this use. There appears to be space within the building sufficient to accommodate seven working bays. There is self-evidently not sufficient space outside to accommodate 28 parked vehicles (in accordance with the DoT's advice). Any overspill parking is likely to be on the access road, resulting in obstruction of access to the rest of the estate or to individual units. Whilst it may be possible to make the proposed use work on this site without adverse effects, the submitted application does not demonstrate how. I recommend that this application should be refused, without prejudice to a further application which includes adequate information. ### Recommendation Recommended Decision: Refused Date of Recommendation: 19.01.2007 ### 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 R 1. There is not within the submitted application sufficient information to demonstrate that the parking which would be generated by the proposed use could be accommodated satisfactorily within the site. - 1. This decision is without prejudice to a further application which shows a) how many working bays there would be within the Unit; b) the layout of the external parking space; and c) the overall layout of the combined plots (2A and 4D), showing the access and parking arrangements. Note: the DoT assesses that there should be four spaces for each working bay. I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular Nos 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control) and 47/05 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer) Decision Made : Refused Date: 21/11/02 Signed: [Handwritten signature] M. I. McCauley 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/81554-braddan-plot-4-change-of-use/documents/1479331*