**Document:** Officer Report **Application:** 18/00871/B — Erection of summerhouse (amendments to application 18/00188/B) **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2018-09-27 **Parish:** German **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/11964-german-murtagh-house-battery-road-dwelling/documents/986277 --- # Officer Report **Application No.:** 18/00871/B **Applicant:** Mr David Humbles **Proposal:** Erection of summerhouse (amendments to application 18/00188/B) **Site Address:** Murtagh House Battery Road Peel Isle Of Man IM5 1UD Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett **Expected Decision Level:** Officer Delegation **Recommended Decision:** Permitted **Date of Recommendation:** 17.09.2018 _________________________________________________________________ ## Conditions and Notes for Approval C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals. Plans/Drawings/Information; This decision relates to drawings 1C, 2B, 3 and 4A all received on 15th August, 2018. _______________________________________________________________ ## Interested Person Status Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report THE SITE 1.1 The site is the curtilage of an existing dwelling, Murtagh House which sits on the eastern side of Battery Road which is on the north side of Ramsey Road to the north of Peel town centre. The existing dwelling faces south onto Battery Road and sits in a sizeable plot, with Cliff Cottage sitting to the north west around which the curtilage of Murtagh House wraps. Battery Road turns a sharp right around Cliff Cottage before reaching a dead end, having formerly provided access to the sand quarry behind Murtagh House, which is no longer actively quarried. Battery Road has to its west, an open area used as Public Open Space. Cliff Cottage is used as two units of living accommodation associated with each other - Cliff Cottage and Cliff Cottage Beg. ## THE PROPOSAL 2.1 Proposed is the erection of a summer house which is the same as that approved under 18/00188/B but with a slightly larger rear annex - 1m by 1.25m larger in area and a wider set of patio doors on the front elevation. 2.2 The building is proposed to be used in association with the main house, Murtagh House, as was the approved building. PLANNING POLICY - 3.1 The site is within an area designated as Residential on the Peel Local Plan 1998. As such, General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan is applicable, in particular those parts which protect the appearance of the area and the living conditions of those in nearby houses (GP2b, c, g and k). PLANNING HISTORY - 4.1 Planning approval was granted for the erection of a summerhouse under 18/00188/B with Murtagh House itself approved under 10/00219/A and 12/00720/REM. Across the lane from the proposed summer house and opposite Cliff Cottage is a relocated WW2 air raid shelter (16/00338/B). REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 There were no representations received at the time of writing. ASSESSMENT - 6.1 It is highly relevant that a building very similar to what is now proposed, already has approval. This was found to have no adverse impact. The proposed changes will increase only slightly the building's size and such that it will not have an impact on Cliff Cottage or Cliff Cottage Beg which are the only properties which would be affected by the proposal. The increase in size of the patio doors will alter only slightly its appearance and the location of the summerhouse is such that it is not widely seen. CONCLUSION - 7.1 The proposal is considered to be in accordance with GP2 and is supported, subject to the same conditions as with 18/00188/B. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons: - (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent; - (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested; - (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material - (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and - (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated. 8.2 The decision maker must determine: - o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and - o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status. I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation. Decision Made : Permitted Date : 24.09.2018 Determining officer Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management ## Customer note ## This copy of the officer report reflects the content of the file copy and has been produced in this form for the benefit of our online services/customers and archive records. --- *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/11964-german-murtagh-house-battery-road-dwelling/documents/986277*