Planning Officer · 2023-2025
Daniel Spencer is a currently active planning officer who has handled 265 planning applications over a 6-year career (2020–2025). Their most active parishes are Douglas (46), Braddan (31), Malew (30). Of 261 decided applications, 253 (97%) were approved and 8 (3%) refused. They specialise primarily in other, alteration, discharge_of_condition applications. Their busiest year was 2023 with 171 decisions. Their caseload increased significantly over their career.
181
Decisions
169
Approved
8
Refused
95.5%
Approval Rate
Submission of details for internal openings and doorways to satisfy condition 2 of prior registered building consent PA 24/00784/CON at 10 Victoria Terrace, Douglas. The details were approved as satisfactory.
Submission of highway drainage information to satisfy condition 11 of prior approval PA 22/01158/B for a new access at Field 321618, Garth Road, Crosby. The information was approved as sufficient.
The application sought approval of a photographic survey to discharge condition 2 of prior Registered Building Consent PA 24/00570/CON for the Empire Garage premises on Stanley Road, Peel. The submission was approved as satisfactory.
Application to discharge condition 24 (materials sample panel) for previously approved development PA 20/01467/B at the former Marine Biological Station in Port Erin by submitting a photo of the on-site sample board. The application was permitted.
Approval of details submitted to satisfy conditions 2, 3 and 4 of prior registered building consent PA 23/00860/CON at Castle Mona Hotel in Douglas, relating to works to the registered building, internal downpipes, and sample materials. The application was permitted.
Submission of drainage plans and structural calculations to satisfy condition 5 of prior approval PA 23/00885/B for four semi-detached dwellings on a plot adjacent to 28 Clifton Drive, Ramsey. The submission was approved as satisfactory.
Application to discharge condition 2 (drainage details) of approved planning permission PA 24/00620/B for widening the driveway at 21 Norwood Drive, Douglas. Permitted as the submitted information was deemed satisfactory.
Application to discharge condition 2 of prior approval PA 24/00299/CON by submitting a photographic survey for Eastfield Mansion House care home in Douglas. The submission was approved as satisfactory.
Submission of bird and bat surveys to satisfy condition 3 of prior approval PA 24/00025/B for works at 4 Christian Street, Ramsey, was permitted by the Department.
Application for approval of documents satisfying Condition 33 (programme of archaeological works) of prior approval PA 22/00675/B for a large residential development at land east of Braddan Road, Braddan. The documents were approved as satisfactory for discharge of the condition.
Minor change application to approved planning permission 20/01465/B seeking to raise the roof height over the study area of an outbuilding conversion at Rose Villa, 7 Peveril Road, Peel, to match the main outbuilding roof, with related elevation amendments. The application was refused as the changes were deemed more than minor.
Submission of a Construction Environmental Management Plan to satisfy condition 3 of prior approval PA 19/01057/B for works within the watercourse at Glen Moar Mill, St Johns. The submission was approved as satisfactory.
Submission of a mitigation planting plan and bird box details to satisfy condition 3 of approved planning permission PA 24/00307/B for extensions and garage at Fo Ghlion, Ballaugh. The information was approved as satisfactory.
Minor changes application to approved planning permission PA 22/01463/B for omitting two windows and repositioning the remaining windows on the north elevation of a barn/garage at Reef House/Old House, Castletown. The changes were permitted by officer delegation.
Approval of an Archaeology Method Statement submitted to discharge condition 10 of prior permission PA 23/01223/B for a mixed-use development at Villiers Square, Fort Street, Douglas. The statement was deemed satisfactory by the Principal Planner.
Retrospective minor change application to approved planning permission PA 22/01460/B for installing two gable windows and four roof lights at a plot in Kirk Michael was refused because the changes exceeded minor thresholds, including a 12% footprint increase moving the building closer to the adjacent property.
Minor changes application to increase the size of an approved rooflight on a sunroom at 14 Cedar Walk, Douglas, from 1m x 1.5m to 1m x 2.5m. The application was permitted by delegated officer decision.
Submission of a hard landscaping plan (grey paving blocks and grass) to satisfy condition 6 of prior approval PA 12/00904/B for Waterfall House (former shop site) in Glen Maye. The plan was approved as satisfactory for the condition.
Approval of submitted schedule of materials and finishes (information document and photo of stone cladding) to satisfy condition 3 of prior approval PA 24/00053/B for external works at 50 Broadway, Douglas. The application was permitted by delegated officer decision.
Submission of bat roost and breeding bird surveys and plans to discharge conditions 6 and 7 of prior approval PA 23/01223/B for a mixed-use development at Villiers Square, Fort Street, Douglas. The information was deemed satisfactory and permitted.