Why Was This Approved?
- ✓Rear extension and alterations to a detached bungalow in a cul-de-sac setting
- ✓Design effect on the dwelling and surrounding streetscape
- ✓Impact on neighbouring living conditions
- ✓design
- ✓the design effect the alterations proposed will have on the dwelling and the surrounding streetscape
- ✓neighbouring living conditions
Permission was granted for alterations and a rear extension at 7 Fuchsia Close, Glen Vine, Isle of Man. The property is a detached bungalow on the eastern side of a short cul-de-sac in the parish of Marown. The officer's assessment focused on two main issues: the design effect the proposed alterations would have on the dwelling and the wider streetscape, and the potential impact on the living conditions of neighbouring residents. The application was decided by delegated authority and permitted on 30 November 2017.
The application was permitted by delegated decision on 30 November 2017. The officer assessed the design impact of the proposed alterations on the dwelling and surrounding streetscape, as well as the effect on neighbouring living conditions, and recommended approval.
Site Observations
- •The application site is the residential curtilage of 7 Fuchsia Close, Glen Vine, which contains a detached bungalow situated on the eastern side of this short cul-de-sac.
- •The gardens are separated by lollipop fencing, with the neighbouring dwellings to the northeast and southwest bounding the open fields to the east with further such fencing while the application site has a low-level sod bank.
- •The dwelling has a mixture of gable walls and roof pitches / heights and hipped roofs, but nevertheless retains what is considered to be a common architectural form.
- •To the rear is a small conservatory; the remainder of the dwelling is finished in smooth-rendered walling along with a brick wall feature to the front elevation.
- •The dwellings are not set on a common building line, with nos.6 and 8 both projecting (to different extents) rearward of the application site's rear elevation.
