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Site from Derbyhaven Road past airport
The site comprises a plot of land between the houses on Derbyhaven harbour and the airport, field number: 434022.
Presently, the site has a shared access with Derbyhaven House; the entrance onto Derbyhaven road has been discussed with the Department of Infrastructure and the Highways Department and agreed as acceptable by Andrea Georgeson.
The site area is 2810 m² and the proposed house is 938 m² which includes a garage of 184 m². The footprint of the proposed house is 358 m². The house has main views south towards Castletown and to the west over the airport towards King Williams College and South Barrule. A panorama of the site is available at http://apa-iom.co.uk/client/derbyhaven_properties/
The house is basically two storey with two wings, with one wing mainly bedrooms.
The main living rooms are on the first floor of the other wing, where they benefit from the views to the south and west.
The ground floor has an office, games room and gym separate from the main living space. There is also a separate dining room above the kitchen.
The application is for Brian Douglas and his immediate family, other family members also live in Derbyhaven, some of the other family members are no longer based on the Island, therefore there is a need for guest bedrooms (over the garage).
The house has been designed with young children in mind. The laundry room on the ground floor has access to the garden and outdoor play areas and incorporates internal play space. The kitchen is designed partly over two levels, having the auxiliary rooms at the lower level to help create a link between the kitchen and the garden.
The house design originated from a computer image on the internet presented by the client as part of our initial briefing, and depicts a house that combines areas of stone, glass and timber. This use of materials has been developed to help articulate the present design.
Fig 1. 'Galway House' Provided by Client
The house is sufficiently remote from the surrounding houses to avoid overlooking and the garage accommodation has no major windows overlooking the rear of the houses on the bay.
The landscape design includes screening of the main domestic areas of the garden and uses a wild flower mix on the land adjacent to the surrounding houses to maintain the existing habitat.
Two applications 95/00178/A and 95/01057/A for approval in principle to erect 10 and then 7 dwellings have been made. Both were refused at appeal due primarily because of density and the loss of privacy and overlooking from these proposed developments to the rear of the neighboring properties.
Initial correspondence with Diane Brown determined to seek clarification on the situation with the field that our client owns in terms of the potential of any future development.
The site was included in the Area Plan as housing and was supported by the Planning Department as housing in the recent consultation on the Southern Area Plan. On the 27th July 2011 we received a letter from Michael Gallagher recommending that the site is suitable for 1 dwelling.
Subsequent meetings have been held with Chris Balmer, Planning Officer, who was supportive of the concept but raised a few concerns with the idea of a detached garage and its proximity to the boundary. We feel these concerns have now been addressed in the proposed design.
Andrea Georgeson of the Dept. of Infrastructure's Highways Division has been consulted regarding the visibility at the proposed entrance and thought that they would have no objections to the proposal providing that the gate post were widened to allow for to cars to pass. Again we feel that this has been addressed in the proposed design.
Ashley Pettit Architects 18-01-12
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