DEC Officer Report
PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Application No.: 23/00430/MCH Applicant: Mr Ryan Forgie Proposal: Minor change to planning approval 22/01225/B (Erection of 2 storey extension to the rear replacing existing conservatory) to reduce the size of the first floor and amendments to doors/windows sizes. Site Address: 30 The Park Onchan Isle Of Man IM3 1HR Planning Officer: Mr Peiran Shen Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Refused Date of Recommendation: 22.05.2023 _________________________________________________________________ Reasons for Refusal R : Reasons for Refusal O : Notes attached to reasons R 1. The changes include new design styles that due to the nature number of changes relative to the size/nature of the original approval is considered to go beyond a minor change, and so warrant consideration by way of a full application.
_______________________________________________________________ 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 PA 22/01225/B
- 21(2)(a) The Minor Change Application relates to the grant of planning approval in respect of a building
- - PASS - Erection of 2 storey extension to the rear replacing existing conservatory
- 21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought
- 21(2)(b) The application specifies why the applicant considers the minor changes to be of a minor nature
- PASS - set out in the application form
- 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 14th December 2022 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 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 not necessary in this case
- 22(3)(b) Provision of other documents specified on form but not in Schedule 1
- - PASS - Existing plans and elevations
- - PASS - Dealt with at submission
- 22(6) Such further info as Department may request prior to determination (has anything further been requested and provided?
DETERMINATION
- 23(1)(a) The Minor Change does not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question
- - PASS - Size of the proposed is reduced
- 23(1)(b) The Minor Change does not significantly change the nature of the development in question
- FAIL- nature of original development is different from the parent approval. The change is from a two-storey rear extension to a single-storey extension with two-storey elements.
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
- 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)
- 23(1)(e) The Minor Change is not more than minor and is not of a magnitude to warrant a new application
- - Fail - the changes brings in new design elements that would require a new planning application.
- 23(1)(e)The Minor Change does not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made.
- 23(2) If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. - is the application considered acceptable?
NOTICE OF DECISION 24(2)(a) Set out whether all or some of the changes are accepted
- N/A
- 24(2)(b) Set out whether any elements are refused, the reasons for that.
- - All changes are refused. The changes include new design styles that requires a new application for assessment.
I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner 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 : Refused Date: 30.05.2023 Determining officer
Signed : A MORGAN Abigail Morgan Principal Planner
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