DEC Officer Report
PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Application No.: 23/00888/MCH Applicant: Mr Robert Henry John Watterson Proposal: Minor changes application to PA22/00332/REM involving changes to the ground floor chimney position and subsequent changes in the proposed window position on the North East elevation for two windows either side of the chimneybreast. Minor adjustment to the positioning of the rear utility door, by 50mm Site Address: Plot 1 South Part Of Field 435252 Scarlett Farm Scarlett Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1TB Planning Officer: Mr Toby Cowell Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 08.09.2023
Conditions and Notes for Approval
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions N . All changes as requested are considered to be minor and acceptable. Plans/Drawings/Information;
This decision relates to amended drawings and supporting information submitted on the 7th August 2023, referenced; 001C - Approved site plan 002A - Approved location plan
- 100C - Approved 1st and 2nd floor plans 100D - Proposed floor plans
- 101C - Approved roof plans
- 300D - Approved elevations
- 300E - Proposed elevations _______________________________________________________________
Interested Person Status
Additional Persons None.
_____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report INTRODUCTION
The following application is to be assessed against the criteria set out in Part 3 - Minor Changes Applications of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 specifically Articles 21, 22, 23 and 24.
BASIS OF APPLICATION
- 21(1) This is the only minor changes application that has been made in respect of any particular grant of planning approval.
- PASS - relates to 22/00332/REM
- 21(2)(a) The Minor Change Application relates to the grant of planning approval in respect of a building
- - PASS - relates to "Erection of an agricultural farm workers dwelling ".
- 21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought
- - PASS - the changes are:
- o Item 1- Moving of rear utility door by 50mm
- o Item 2 - Repositioning of proposed chimney breast, removal of single ground-floor window on north-east elevation and insertion of 2 no. narrow windows
- 21(2)(b) The application specifies why the applicant considers the minor changes to be of a minor nature
- PASS - set out in application form/cover letter
- 21(2)(c)(i) The Minor Change Application does not increase the number of dwellings or buildings for which planning approval has been granted
- 21(2)(c)(ii)The Minor Change Application does not increase the net external footprint of a building for which planning approval has been granted
- 21(2)(c)(iii) The Minor Change Application does not alter the site for which planning approval has been granted and which was defined by a red line on the site location map by changing that line
- 21(2)(c)(iv) The Minor Change Application does not make material changes to the vehicular access arrangements for which planning approval has been granted
- 21(2)(c)(v) The Minor Change Application does not alter the conditions (if any) which have been imposed
- 21(2)(d)The Minor Change Application is not be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired
- - PASS - original application approved 23.08.22 APPLICATION CONTENT
- 22(3)(a) Application Form
- 22(3)(a&c) The information in Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 has been provided:
- o Site location plan (with red/blue lines)
- o (if necessary) Flood risk assessment
- o The planning approval that is the subject of the application
- o Explanation of changes being applied for and reasons why
- o (if necessary) site plan, plans, elevations and sections of the proposed minor changes with buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes. OR
- o Site location plan (with red/blue lines)
- o The planning approval that is the subject of the application
- o Explanation of changes being applied for and reasons why
- o drawings of the proposed minor changes with buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes
- o Flood risk assessment is/is not necessary in this case
- - PASS - provided 22(3)(b) Provision of other documents specified on form but not in Schedule 1
- - PASS - No other documents provided
- - PASS - Dealt with at submission
- 22(6) Such further info as Department may request prior to determination (has anything further been requested and provided?
- PASS - None requested DETERMINATION
- 23(1)(a) The Minor Change does not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question
- - PASS - Development remains for the erection of a new dwelling.
- 23(1)(b) The Minor Change does not significantly change the nature of the development in question
- - PASS - the development remains for the erection of a new dwelling.
- 23(1)(c) The Minor Change does not result in an approval which, at the time of approval, complied with a Development Plan, National Policy Directive or a Planning Policy Statement, ceasing to do so
- - PASS - no changes to policy since original approval.
- 23(1)(d) The Minor Change does not result in new or increased adverse impacts on adjoining or neighbouring properties having a significant or disproportionate impact on the environment (irrespective of whether such impacts might be outweighed by other considerations)
- - PASS - no new or increased adverse or disproportionate impacts on environment beyond nature of original development within the immediate streetscene or amenity context.
- 23(1)(e) The Minor Change is not more than minor and is not of a magnitude to warrant a new application
- 23(1)(f)The Minor Change does not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made.
- - PASS - basis of original approval remains unchanged.
- 23(2) If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. - is the application considered acceptable?
- PASS - APPROVE NOTICE OF DECISION
- 24(2)(a) Set out whether all or some of the changes are accepted
- - All changes are accepted
- 24(2)(b) Set out whether any elements are refused, the reasons for that.
- - N/A _____________________________________________________________________
I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Acting Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 16.10.2023 Determining officer
Signed : A MORGAN Abigail Morgan Acting Head of Development Management
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