**Document:** Highways Comment
**Application:** 18/00751/B — Creation of off road parking area to front of property
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2018-09-28
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** consultation / highways_response
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/11864-braddan-33-third/documents/985550

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# Highways Comment

## Representation from the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division–

Highway Services Comment made

Oppose

Highways Representation history for this case.

O on 17-8-18

Conditions (if any)

There is no exiting site parking and the proposal would create an off-street parking space by converting the whole front garden into hardstanding. The entire front wall would be removed to facilitate vehicular access. The 'Manual for Manx Roads' (MfMR) design guide specifies that a driveway space should be at least 3.4m x 5.5m in size where there is no separate footpath to the dwelling front door from the public highway. The site plan shows that the site frontage is 4.5m wide and varies in length between 4m and 5m. The length is therefore inadequate to accommodate a parked car and sufficient clearance to the building in front of it and the public footway behind it. This would result in a parked car overhanging the adjacent footway and causing an obstruction to pedestrians. The proposal cannot therefore be afforded highway support as the site frontage is too short in length. Highway Services does not support the application as the site frontage is too small to fully accommodate a parked car in accordance with the 'Manual for Manx Roads' design guide.

Highways Officer

MB

### Code definition

|DEFER|Highways input deferred pending further information/input|
|---|---|
|DNO|Do not oppose|
|DNOC|Do not oppose subject to condition|
|NHI|No highways interest|
|O|Oppose|

Please note that whilst the content of this memo has been completed by Officers from DOI Highways, the detail has been produced by DEFA P&BC for the benefit of the planning application file and P&BC online services.

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*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/11864-braddan-33-third/documents/985550*