DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 19/00253/B Applicant: Liana Gould Proposal: Replacement of existing roof with new tiles Site Address: 4 Furman Road Onchan Isle Of Man IM3 1BS Senior Planning Officer: Mr Thomas O'Connor Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 01.05.2019 _________________________________________________________________

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.

• C 2. The roofing of the building, as approved, shall be undertaken using a natural grey slate indicated in the technical specification sourced from 'Cupa Pizarras' submitted in support of this application. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In order to safeguard the character and appearance of the building.

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This approval relates to the following; Site Location Drawing Scale: 1:2500; Site Plan Drawing: Scale 1:500 and technical specification of slate to be used from the supplier 'Cupa Pizzaras' all submitted to the Department and dated stamped 5th March 2019.

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Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report THE SITE

1.0 THE APPLICATION SITE - 1.1 The site consists of mid-20th century detached dormer style dwelling with gabled dormer to the front roof within a residential street of mixed styles of dwellings and close to Central Drive. The building is not registered or located within a conservation area.

2.0 THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 This application seeks replace the red brick clay tiles with a natural grey Spanish slate tile

- 3.0 PLANNING HISTORY

• 3. 13/00798/B - Removal of Chimney Stack
• 4.0 PLANNING POLICY

4.1 Onchan Local Plan, April 2000

4.2 In terms of strategic plan policy, the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 contains the following policy that that is considered specifically material to the assessment of this current planning application: - 4.3 General Policy 2 states: "Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:

• (a) is in accordance with the design brief in the Area Plan where there is such a brief;
• (b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them;
• (c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape; (g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality;

- 5.0 REPRESENTATIONS

5.1 Highway Services, 22/03/2019, No highway interest

5.2 Onchan Commissioners, letter received 02/04/2019, recommend that the application be approved. - 5.3 Neighbours: No observations received

- 6.0 ASSESSMENT

6.1 This is a simple application replace the existing red clay tile to this roof with a natural grey slate of Spanish origin.

6.2 Location is within a residential street of mixed residential dwellings, not within a conservation area, each of which now utilise a variety of external roof finishes. Within this context the use of a dark grey roof tile as proposed would be commensurate in terms of

• character, materials and scale with other roof finishes both within the street and within the wider locality As such, the proposal would continue to respect both the site and its surroundings in terms of type of material used, its form, design and would not affect adversely the character of the surrounding streetscape in accordance with General Policy 2 (b & c) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016
• 7.0 RECOMMENDATION

7.1 That planning permission be granted INTERESTED PERSON STATUS 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 Article 6(4), 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.

8.2 The decision maker must determine:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status.

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.

Decision Made : Permitted Date: 01.05.2019 Determining officer

Signed : C BALMER Chris Balmer Principal Planner

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