Highways Comment

Representation from the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division–

Highway Services Comment made

Do not oppose

Highways Representation history for this case.

DNO on 28-2-18

Conditions (if any)

The proposal would demolish an existing garage and create a two storey rear extension for increased living accommodation, a new garage and alterations to the rear conservatory. Three bedrooms would be retained and the development would not provide additional bedrooms but it would increase the size of one of them. The site parking demand would therefore remain the same. The existing garage is 3m wide and 7.2m long with a 2.2m width door. The width of the door is below the standard 2.4m in the 'Manual for Manx Roads' (MfMR) design guide, however the garage is otherwise large enough to accommodate a parked car and therefore the proposed demolition of the garage is counted as the loss of a parking space on the site. The proposed replacement garage would be smaller at 2.8m x 5m with a 2.2m door width which is below the 3m x 6m standard in the MfMR document, and therefore the proposed garage would be too small to be counted as a parking space and could not accommodate a large car. There are 2 existing driveway spaces although the existing vehicular crossing does not cover the full driveway width resulting in vehicles illegally crossing the footway. The development would therefore need to extend the dropped kerbs accordingly at the expense of the applicant as the driveway would be retained as at

	present. The visibility of the site access is adequate and would remain unchanged. The proposal would reduce off-street parking provision from 3 to 2 spaces. Whilst this is not ideal, the parking standards in 'The Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016' require 2 spaces for a 3 bedroom dwelling and therefore the loss of the garage space for parking is deemed acceptable.
Highways Officer	MB

Code definition

DEFER	Highways input deferred pending further information/input
DNO	Do not oppose
DNOC	Do not oppose subject to condition
NHI	No highways interest
O	Oppose

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