Officer Report

Application No.: 17/00801/B Applicant: Murraywoods Management Ltd Proposal: Creation of 4 parking spaces with tarmac finish Site Address: Land Adjacent To Murrays Lake Drive Mount Murray Douglas Isle of Man Case Officer : Miss S E Corlett Photo Taken: 23.08.2017 Site Visit: 23.08.2017 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 25.08.2017 _________________________________________________________________

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

The Plans on which this recommendation is based are:

Title No-S1-00184 received on 25th July, 2017. _______________________________________________________________

Interested Person Status

By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013, the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent;
• (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested;
• (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material
• (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and
• (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.

With effect from 1 June 2015, the Transfer of Planning & Building Control Functions Order 2015 amends the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 to give effect to the meaning of the word 'Department' to be the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture unless otherwise directed by that Order. _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report THE SITE

1.1 The site is a piece of grassed land which sits alongside the private estate road which serves Murray's Lake Drive and sits between the front of number 63 and the rear of number 51 and

1. The area is not equipped or set out for any particular purpose and acts as a part of a wider grassed area which separates the houses from the woodland and roads. On the site at present is a large, what looks like Olearia shrub which sits in front of much taller mature deciduous trees.

1.2 The area is characterised by expanses of grass which separate communal parking areas. There is a proliferation of on-street parking with many of the houses not having their own onsite spaces. THE PROPOSAL

2.1 Proposed is the finishing of an area of grass with tarmacadam for the purpose of providing more car parking spaces, four in number. The area will be 10m wide and 4.8m long. A similar, but slightly wider, similar area sits to the south west. PLANNING POLICY - 3.1 The site lies within an area for Tourist Accommodation in Parkland on 1982p. This use has never been implemented as when the Mount Murray estate was approved, it comprised a hotel with an estate of buildings which were authorised for use as residential, offices or tourist accommodation and all of the units were developed as residential units.

3.2 Given the above, the relevant Strategic Plan policies are those which require that development has no adverse impact on highway safety, the character of the area or the living conditions of those in nearby residential property - General Policy 2 and that the needs of pedestrians will be given the same weight as those of other road users (Transport Policy 6). PLANNING HISTORY - 4.1 The estate was approved in the early 1990s since when there have been various applications for the buildings which are presently in situ. REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 Santon Parish Commissioners requested a deferral on 3rd August until 3rd September, but did not believe that there would be an objection.

5.2 Highway Services indicate that they have no interest as the site is served by a private road network (23.08.17). ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The application is made by the Murraywoods Management company for the benefit of the estate rather than for a single user or occupier. It is therefore understood that the parking spaces are desired by those who live in the vicinity and are for their communal benefit, rather than having parked vehicles in front of individuals' properties.

6.2 The proposed space will not occupy any space which is particularly important or which contributes especially to the amenities of the area and having a few more on-street vehicles removed into these spaces will improve the overall appearance of the area.

6.3 The application is recommended for approval.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 04.09.2017

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Director of Planning and Building Control/Head of Development Management/Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Determining officer (delete as appropriate)

Signed : Chris Balmer Chris Balmer Senior Planning Officer