20 July 2020 · Committee
Land Adjacent Industrial Estate, Ballafletcher Road, Cronkbourne, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4ra
The application sought permission to erect a vehicle testing facility on part of a field and land adjoining an existing industrial estate at Ballafletcher Road, Cronkbourne, Douglas. The site's land use zoning supported the principle of development for the majority of the area, and the site had an established planning history of built development nearby. The Planning Committee considered the quality of the design and landscaping, the provision of suitable access arrangements, and the restriction of any office element to ancillary use only. A key consideration was that the scheme preserved the potential for the full future development of the site. The committee was satisfied that the proposal was acceptable across these issues and granted permission subject to 13 conditions.
The committee approved the application because the site's zoning and planning history supported built development, the design and landscaping were considered of sufficient quality, access was suitable, and office use was restricted to an ancillary role. The scheme also retained the potential for the site to be more fully developed in the future.
Condition 1
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Condition 2
Prior to the development hereby approved being completed and brought into use, a Stage 2 Road Safety Audit shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall take place in accordance with the approved details and be retained as such thereafter.
Condition 3
The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the vehicle manoeuvring, parking and pedestrian areas have been laid out in accordance with the drawings number 19/2766/06D (Proposed Site Plan - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20) and those areas shall be retained as such thereafter.
Condition 4
The finishes and colours of the building hereby approved shall be in accordance with the detail shown on drawing number 19/2766/05D (Proposed Elevations and Section) date stamped as having been received 16.03.20.
Condition 5
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012, or any order which amends or supersedes it, no gates, walls or fencing may be erected on the site other than in the locations and in accordance with the details as shown on drawings number 19/2766/06D (Proposed Site Plan - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20) and 19/2766/05D (Proposed Elevations and Section - date stamped as having been received 16.03.20).
Condition 6
Prior to the development hereby approved being completed and brought into use, a detailed landscaping scheme (including tree planting specification) shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Department.
Condition 6
The tree planting specification shall adhere to the recommendations of BS8545:2014 (Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape - recommendations) and in all cases shall include details of all trees to be planted, including
Condition 6
The tree planting shall take place as agreed and any trees which, within a period of 5 years from their first planting, are removed, or, in the opinion of the Department, become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Department gives written consent to any variation.
Condition 7
No importation to the site of inert materials or soils for infilling or landforming shall take place until a scheme for assuring the physical and chemical suitability (including freedom from potential land contaminants) of all soils and materials to be imported has been submitted to the Department and such a scheme has been approved by the Department. The scheme as approved in accordance with the condition shall be adhered to with respect to all inert material and soil importation associated with the development hereby approved.
Condition 8
The crashed vehicle compound and forensic inspection area shall be of impermeable construction with an oil interceptor installed to prevent any oils escaping from the site and entering the surface water drainage system.
Condition 9
There shall be no external storage on the site of damaged vehicles other than within the crashed vehicle compound as shown on drawing number 19/2766/06D(Site Plan) - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20.
Condition 10
There shall be no office use within the site other than as shown on drawings numbered 19/2766/03C (Ground Floor Plan) and 19/2766/04D (First Floor Plan) - both date stamped as having been received 16.03.20, and no office use shall occur other than that which is ancillary to the use of the site as a site for vehicle and driver testing.
Condition 11
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless it has been carried out in complete accordance with the approved finished floor and ground levels as shown on the approved plans.
