COM6

Community Policy 6: New community health care facilities and extensions to existing facilities

COM6 New community health care facilities and extensions to existing facilities will be permitted provided that they:

1. would not result in an over concentration of such uses in a particular area;
2. would not have an unacceptable effect on the residential or prevailing character or amenity of the area;
3. would be easily accessible; and
4. would not have an unacceptable impact on the local highway network.

Regard should be had also to the parking standards set out in Appendix 7.

10.12 Police Service

10.12.1 Government is improving community safety through reducing the incidence of crime. The Isle of Man Constabulary is the principal agency for crime reduction and the Department works closely with the Constabulary to ensure that crime reduction is considered as part of the assessment of planning applications and new building by the Department. The Department has adopted the principles of Secured by Design (SBD) in the design of its own schemes and through the planning process. The Constabulary have suggested that this should be extended to incorporate the principles of Designing Out Crime. This includes SBD but also incorporates the principles of Defensible Space, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design and Situational Crime Prevention(1). Accordingly:

(1) See www.securedbydesign.com for further details