Conversion of existing buildings from warehouse & light industrial to display, distribution, warehousing and sales of industrial / automotive products, creation of vehicular access and additional car parking and erection of fencing and boundary bollards

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Change of use from warehouse and light industrial to display, distribution, warehousing and sales of industrial and automotive products
• ✓Creation of new vehicular access and additional car parking
• ✓Erection of fencing and boundary bollards
• ✓Site has a substantial planning history with nine previous applications
• ✓parking
• ✓access

Permission was granted for the conversion of three existing units at Spring Valley Industrial Estate, Douglas, from warehouse and light industrial use to display, distribution, warehousing and sales of industrial and automotive products. The proposal also included the creation of a new vehicular access, additional car parking, and the erection of fencing and boundary bollards. The application was submitted by Isle of Man Development Co Ltd and decided by the Planning Committee on 26 August 2016. The case officer recommended approval, and the committee agreed. The site has a notable planning history, with nine previous applications recorded. No further detail on specific planning reasons or conditions beyond the four attached to the permission is available from the supplied evidence.

The Planning Committee approved the application by Isle of Man Development Co Ltd. The officer also recommended approval. The decision was signed off by the Interim Director of Planning and Building Control.

Conditions (4)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times.

3. 3

   Condition 3

   The building shall be used only for the purposes as identified on Drawings 857/007 and 857/008, both date-stamped as having been received 8th March 2016. No part of the building shall be used for a different purpose unless written consent of the Department has been first obtained.

4. 4

   Condition 4

   The only sales that may take place from the premises shall be within the area annotated as 'Sales Area' on Drawing 857/007 (date-stamped as having been received 8th March 2016) and those sales shall be restricted to the sale of motor parts, motor accessories and motor maintenance equipment

Planning History (9)

Documents (21)