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Remodelling of upper floors of 67 Strand Street, Douglas, to form three one-bedroom and one two-bedroom apartments.
22nd November 2017
1.0 Introduction 2.0 Executive Summary 3.0 Site and building 4.0 Apartments 5.0 Parking and Access 6.0 Summary
Acting on behalf of Victoria Street Properties Ltd, Baxter Construction and Design Ltd have prepared this Planning Statement in support of the conversion of the upper two floors of 67 Strand Street, Douglas into apartments.
The proposed site is occupied by a four-storey building, the ground floor and first floor of which form an existing retail premise. In its current use the upper floors of the building are designated as office space which is surplus to requirement in Douglas town centre at present. The scheme proposes the remodelling of the upper floors into three one-bedroom and one two-bedroom apartments, much needed central Douglas residential accommodation.
This renovation will form the second part of a two-phase scheme the first of which, proposed in a separate application, will aim to modernise the shop façade and its interior layout.
3.1 The proposed site is 67 Strand Street, Douglas. The site is occupied a four-storey Building which has an existing retail premise on the ground and first floor. The building is split level with the floors for the rear half of the building coming off at the half landing. For this reason we have described the building floors as front and rear to reduce confusion. 3.2 The upper floors are currently designated as office space accessible from the rear of the building although some of the offices are simply unoccupied and used as storage.
#1 - Internal Top Floor Office.
3.3 There are two on site car parking spaces, currently allocated to the retail unit. 3.4 The bin storage area for both the offices and retail unit is situated on Market Street adjacent to the vehicular access ramp. {{image:124855}}
#2 - Rear Elevation.
Baxter Construction and Design Limited | 14-16 Peel Road, Douglas, IM1 4LR | Tel: 01624 619093 | Email: [email protected]
Directors: David Baxter, Robert Baxter Company Registration No. 130851C
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3.5 The front half of the building is constructed from traditional random rubble stonework but was renovated in the past with an internal steel framed structure to support the floors. The rear half of the building is cavity brick built with timber floors supported on steelwork. The building has suspended ceilings to provide sound proofing between floors.
4.1 The front second floor and the rear first and second floors will become three one-bedroom apartments and the front third floor will become a two-bedroomed apartment. 4.2 Access to the apartments will be from the Market Street door visible in image \#2 - Rear Elevation and up the central communal staircase shown in image \#3 - Internal Staircase. There is ample bin storage to the rear to accommodate four flats plus a retail unit.
\#3 - Internal Staircase. Baxter Construction and Design Limited | 14-16 Peel Road, Douglas, IM1 4LR | Tel: 01624619093 |Email: [email protected]
4.3 The aspect from the rear apartments is a clear view over Market Street and the adjacent car park to the tree lined grounds beyond. The image below was taken from the top floor.
\#4 - Rear Aspect. 4.4 The aspect from the front apartments is on to the recently refurbished Strand Street looking at the newly built Top Shop building.
#5 - Front Aspect.
\#6 - View From Top Floor. 4.5 All of the apartments exceed which far exceeds the minimum floor area required for a two-person occupancy required for the single bedroomed apartments and the minimum size requirement for three-person occupancy of the two-bedroom apartment.
5.1 The two spaces on site are for the use of the retail unit. There are no parking spaces provided on the site allocated for the residential development. 5.2 Bus routes are accessible in less than a 100 m walk from the buildings private entrance and contract parking is available in the many nearby carparks if the tenant requires it. On street parking is also available on Douglas promenade.
6.1 The proposal will create a long term sustainable use for the currently empty upper floors of 67 Strand Street without a detrimental effect on the ground floor retail unit or the neighbouring retail properties. 6.2 Each of the apartments have been designed to be light and spacious with a pleasant aspect and finished to a high standard to ensure that the tenants are comfortable and happy to live there.
Regards
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David Baxter
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