**Document:** Officer Planning Report Recommendations **Application:** 07/00600/C — Additional use as holiday accommodation **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2007-05-16 **Parish:** Braddan **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/82596-braddan-16-summerhill/documents/1492361 --- # Officer Planning Report Recommendations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Considerations [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Written Representations [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Consultations [Table omitted in markdown export] [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Officer's Report THE APPLICATION SITE AND PLANNING APPLICATION The application site comprises the curtilage of a detached dwelling located on Summerhill in Onchan. The planning application seeks approval for the additional use of the dwelling as holiday accommodation. PLANNING HISTORY There are no previous planning applications that are considered material to the assessment of this current planning application. REPRESENTATIONS Onchan District Commissioners recommend that the planning application be approved. The Department of Transport Highways Division do not oppose the planning application and express the opinion that the proposed use is likely to generate less traffic than use as a permanently occupied dwelling. The Department of Tourist and Leisure Registration and Grading Commission support the planning application. [Table omitted in markdown export] The Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service recommend that the applicant consult them to discuss the provision of appropriate fire precaution measures. The Isle of Man Water Authority requests that an informative note be attached to any approval decision notice. The owner of 6, 8 and 10 Summerhill Road objects to the planning application. The grounds for their objection can be summarised as concern that there is insufficient car parking to cater for the proposed use. The owner of 12/14 Summerhill Road objects to the planning application. The grounds for their objection can be summarised as concern that there is insufficient car parking to cater for the proposed use and that the additional use will generate undue noise nuisance. ### Planning Policy The application site is within an area recognised as being within predominantly residential use under the Onchan Local Plan. Policy O/TRT/P/3 of Planning Circular 1/2000, the written statement to be read in conjunction with the local plan, states: > "The provision of tourist accommodation may be permitted within the study area where this is either: > - In built-up areas where this will not cause nuisance or disturbance to adjacent residents or > - In rural areas where the development will not result in an adverse impact in terms of the visual impact, traffic, noise or demands upon existing infrastructure. Where tourist accommodation is to be provided in addition to an existing or proposed permanent residential use, adequate additional car parking will be required in proportion to the amount of additional tourist bedspaces to be provided." ### Assessment The planning application seeks approval for the additional use of the dwelling as holiday accommodation. The dwelling is a modest sized property containing two bedrooms. The dwelling does not have any on-site car parking provision and there are double yellow lines immediately outside the property. It is reasonable to assume that occupants of, and visitors to, the dwelling park in the surrounding streets such as Alberta Drive. In terms of impact it is considered that the use of the dwelling as holiday accommodation is unlikely to be significantly different to that of the existing use as a permanently occupied dwelling. Traffic generation may even be less than the present use as multiple car ownership for tourists and visitors to the tourist occupants are unlikely. There are no justifiable reasons why tourists occupying the dwelling should present any more of a noise nuisance than permanent occupants. Overall it is considered that the impact of the proposed use is not significantly different that of the present use. It is recommended that the planning application be approved. ### Party Status It is considered that the following parties that made representations to the planning application meet the criteria of Government Circular 1/06 and should be afforded interested party status: - Onchan District Commissioners; - The Department of Transport Highways Division; - The owner of 6, 8 and 10 Summerhill Road; and - The owner of 12/14 Summerhill Road. It is considered that the following parties that made representations to the planning application do not meet the criteria of Government Circular 1/06 and should not be afforded interested party status: - The Department of Tourist and Leisure Registration and Grading Commission; - The Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service; and - The Isle of Man Water Authority. ## Recommendation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 09.05.2007 --- ### Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal C: Conditions for approval N: Notes attached to conditions R: Reasons for refusal O: 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 additional use of the dwelling, as holiday accommodation, defined by the red line on the location plan date stamped the 28th March 2007. N 1. The applicant/developer is recommended to contact the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service to discuss the provision of appropriate fire precaution measures. N 2. The applicant/developer is recommended to contact the Isle of Man Water Authority to discuss the provision or change of any water supply. --- 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:** Permitted **Date:** 14/5/07 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/82596-braddan-16-summerhill/documents/1492361*