DEC Officer Report

PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Application No.: 23/00813/B Applicant: Mr Adam Crebbin Proposal: Installation of a garage door to replace existing window to reinstate former garage Site Address: Park View Ballavartyn Road Santon Isle Of Man IM4 1HT Planning Officer: Mrs Vanessa Porter Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 04.09.2023

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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. The proposal complies with General Policy 2 and Transport Policy 7 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 17th July 2023;

• o Site Location Plan
• o Existing Photograph
• o Proposed Photograph
• o As Existing Floor Plan
• o As Proposed Floor Plan
• o Garage Door Brochure

Interested Person Status

Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report APPLICATION SITE

1.1 The application site is within the residential curtilage of Park View, Ballavartyn Road, Santon which is a detached bungalow situated to the Northern end of Ballavartyn Road. - 1.2 Park View is situated within a row of five properties ranging from bungalows to two storey properties, most of which have a garage. PROPOSAL

• 2.1The current application seeks approval to change the existing window to the South West front elevation window with a garage door to re-instate the original garage. The proposed garage door will be an up and over door. PLANNING HISTORY
• 3.1 There are no previous planning applications considered materially relevant in the assessment of this application. PLANNING POLICY
• 4.1 The site lies within an area zoned as "Predomently Residential" on the Area Plan for the East, Map 11 - Newtown. The site is not within a Conservation Area, nor a Flood Risk Zone.

4.2 Given the nature of the site and the land designation, the most relevant Isle of Man Strategic Plan policies would be General Policy 2 which sets out the general standards towards acceptable development and Transport Policy 7 in connection with Appendix 7 which sets out the relevant parking standards. REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 The following representations can be found in full online, below is a short summery;

5.2 Highway Services have considered the proposal and state they have no Highways Interest. (28.07.23)

5.3 No comments have been received by Santon Commissioners at the time of writing this report. ASSESSMENT - 6.1 Paragraph 8.12.1 from the IOM Strategic Plan states that there will be a general presumption in favour of extensions or alterations to existing property where such works would not have an adverse impact on either adjacent property or the surrounding area in general.

6.2 In the case of this application, the proposal will result in the re-instatement of the original garage which is attached to the property. With this in mind, it can be seen that the proposed

garage door would not look out of place within the overall streetscene and as such there would be an impact to the character and appearance of the streetscene nor the property.

6.3 Turning towards whether the proposal would comply with Transport Policy 7 in connection with Appendix 7, there are currently two parking spaces available within the site, which is the recommendation from Transport Policy 7, as such the proposal would be increasing the overall parking available and deemed acceptable. CONCLUSION - 7.1 The application accords with General Policy 2 and Transport Policy 7 of the Isle of Man Strategic plan and deemed acceptable. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) the applicant (including an agent acting on their behalf);
• (b) any Government Department that has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (c) the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure;
• (d) Manx National Heritage where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (e) Manx Utilities where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (f) the local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated; and
• (g) a local authority adjoining the authority referred to in paragraph (f) where that adjoining authority has made written representations that the Department considers material. 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 above who should be given Interested Person Status

I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status.

Decision Made : Permitted Date: 08.09.2023 Determining officer

Signed : C BALMER Chris Balmer Principal Planner

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