Planning Statement Proposed Dwellings

Construction Design Ltd

Barry Murphy MCIAT Chartered Architectural Technologist 2nd Floor, 3 Myrtle Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1ED Tel: (01624) 623843 E-mail: [email protected]

Planning Statement & Photographs

Proposed Dwellings

At

41 Groudle Road Onchan IM3 2EF

Amendment to PA 14/01486/B

5th May 2016

Registered Office: "The Studio", Glenmore, Belmont Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 4NX Managing Director: B. Murphy Director: Am Murphy Company Reg. No. 098010C

Registered Office: "The Studio", Glenmore, Belmont Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 4NX Managing Director: B. Murphy Director: Am Murphy Company Reg. No. 098010C

Planning Statement

The application is for the construction of 2 dwellings as an amendment to a current and valid approval for 2 dwellings PA 14/01486/B.

Since approval of PA 14/01486/B the site has changed ownership. The current owner wishes to develop the site with one dwelling for their own use (dwelling 1) and the other (dwelling 2) for the applicant's mother. The design of the dwellings approved in PA 14/01486/B are not visually appealing to the applicant thus resulting in this amended application.

The dwellings proposed are of 2 storeys with hip roofs. Hip roofs were selected so as to be in keeping with adjoining dwellings and apartments. The ridge line of the proposed dwelling is below a line drawn for the ridge of the adjacent dwelling to the west and the apartment building to the east, as illustrated on the submitted street elevation drawing. A image of a similar style dwelling to those proposed is included within this statement.

The application site and land ownership includes a small portion of land to the kerb edge which has previously prevented the completion of the public pavement to the highways. Included as part of this application is the construction of a new section of public pavement, which will be done so to Highways adoptable standards for future adoption by the local authority.

As part of PA 14/01486/B objections were received by the owners of the adjoining dwelling at 39 Groudle Road. This objection included matters such as over development of site, reduction in light and existing covenant on the application site. The matter of the covenant is a civil matter and is being addressed by the applicant.

In respect of over development of the site we confirm that the footprint of each of the proposed dwellings represents $31 \%$ of the plot area on which the dwelling stands. This ratio compares favourably with dwellings in the surrounding area on Groudle Road, to the east in Turnberry Avenue \& behind in Fairway Close. In respect to loss of light, the dwelling as proposed is set no further forward of the building line the front and the rear of the adjacent dwelling. The proposed dwelling No 1 is sited 2 m from the boundary with no. 39. The windows on the west elevation of dwelling No 1 provide light only to bathrooms and will be fitted with frosted glass. We believe that there will be no negative impact on the adjoining dwelling.

The entrances to the dwellings have been located so as to allow for the maximum visibility in both directions and are in accordance with Highways Standards. Parking for 3 cars is provided per dwelling, one within the garage and 2 outside the dwelling. Amble space is provide for turning of cars within each site.

We trust that the amendments to this application will meet with the Panning Departments approval.