Housing Policy 5
Source: Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016
Housing Policy 5: In granting planning permission on land zoned for residential development or in predominantly residential areas the Department will normally require that 25% of provision should be made up of affordable housing. This policy will apply to developments of 8 dwellings or more.
The term affordable housing is defined by the Department as housing which is either:
8.7.1 Recent Local Plans and Area Plans have included development briefs guiding the design and layout of land which is zoned for residential use. Such briefs should not needlessly prescribe design, but should indicate site-specific constraints, the need for provision of public facilities or amenities (such as play areas, neighbourhood shops, or land for schooling, open space, or road improvements), and, if appropriate, the maximum or minimum density and the need for the inclusion of an element of affordable housing. Where these briefs state that an optimum density should be achieved this should not be used as an argument for higher density development which has an adverse effect on the residential amenity of adjoining properties or the character of the area.
175
Citations
88.4%
Approval Rate
2007
Peak Year
Douglas
Top Parish
Erection and conversion of eight apartments and two retail units (in association with 25/00442/CON)
Conversion, including alteration and extensions, of former hotel to nine apartments with bicycle and bin storage
Residential Development Comprised of 109 Apartments and Associated Infrastructure
Erection of thirty one terraced and semi-detached dwellings on the site of previously approved twenty one detached, terraced and semi-detached dwellings
Erection of a building accommodating 38no Apartments and associated Landscaping, Drainage and Car Parking
Conversion of existing guest house and apartment to eight apartments with alterations and extensions and new vehicular access
Erection of 133 dwellings with associated drainage and access (Amendments to 19/00961/B)
Full approval for a residential development comprising up to 153 dwellings and community uses with associated highway and pedestrian access and infrastructure, drainage, landscaping and public open space together with approval in principle for a primary school on land at Vollan Fields together with enhancement of existing habitat on land to the east of Royal Park
Erection of 13 terraced & semi-detached dwellings on the site of 9 previously approved detached & semi-detached dwellings on no.s 19 to 23 & 30 to 33 Faragher Road, and amendments to rear plot boundaries and adjacent footpath, bin collection point & parking spaces for no.s 40 & 41 Faragher Road
Erection of new four storey apartment building (class 3.4) with ground floor retail space (class 1.1)
