Officer Report

Application No.: 18/00021/B Applicant: Theresa Thornton Proposal: Replacement of existing conservatory roof with Tapco Slate roof Site Address: Reayrtyn Glen Road Colby Isle of Man IM9 4HW Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 06.02.2018 _________________________________________________________________

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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

Plans/Drawings/Information:

This decision relates to drawings 1754-PL02, 1754-PL03, the location and site plan and the illustrations of the roofing material, all received on 9th January, 2018.

_______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons none _____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report THE SITE

1.1 The site is the curtilage of an existing residential dwelling, Reayrtyn, which sits on the northern side of the Colby Glen Road at a level point where there are a number of dwellings, all on the northern or western side of the road. The house sits lower than that to the rear: Horizon House or Nhee Aalin as it is currently called, and the boundary between them is

• formed by a high evergreen hedge which comes up to first floor level of the application building.
• 1.2 The house is a mix of traditional stone cottage but with some modern large windows and a set of patio doors on the frontage. To the left of this is a conservatory with a decorative roof which slopes upward to a lantern light running along the ridge. THE PROPOSAL

2.1 Proposed is the replacement of the glazed roof sections on the conservatory with a slatelike material, leaving the sides of the lantern light section as glazed features. The tile finish will be black to match the slates on the main house roof. PLANNING POLICY - 3.1 The site lies within an area designated as Residential on the Area Plan for the South

(2013).

3.2 As such, the following parts of the Strategic Plan are relevant:

General Policy: "Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:

• (b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them;
• (c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape and (n) is designed having due regard to best practice in reducing energy consumption."

PLANNING HISTORY

4.1 The site has been the subject of applications for alterations, extensions and the erection of flagpoles and a garage, all approved. The property to the rear is currently the subject of an application for the erection of a summerhouse in place of the pergola to the rear of Reayrtyn (17/01215/B). REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 Highway Services indicate that there is no highway interest in the application (12.01.18). ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The only issue in this case is whether the proposed alterations have any adverse impact on the character or appearance of the property. The changes will not affect the impact of the property on those in adjacent property as they will, if anything, remove the opportunity to overlook and in terms of energy consumption, the proposed works should make the property more thermally efficient.

6.2 Whilst the conservatory was clearly designed to be a glazed structure, the introduction of slate like roofing materials will change its appearance to be more like a sun room which would not be unsuitable for this property. The style of properties in the area, and indeed the application property itself is not predominantly anything so what is proposed is considered to be appropriate to the dwelling itself and the area more generally. CONCLUSION - 7.1 The application is supported. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 (Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant’s agent;

• (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested;
• (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material
• (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and
• (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated. 8.2 The decision-maker must determine:

• * whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• * whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status.

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 07.02.2018 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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