9 July 2019 · Committee
Land At Lord Street Car Park, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2bl
Permission was granted for a substantial leisure-led mixed-use development at the Bus Station Car Park on Lord Street, Douglas. The scheme includes a 7-screen cinema, an 80-bedroom hotel, 20 residential apartments (14 two-bedroom and 6 three-bedroom units), three restaurant or café units, four retail units, an information centre, public toilets, a drivers' welfare area, and a multi-storey car park providing 198 car spaces and 16 motorbike spaces. The buildings would range from five to seven storeys, with landscaping and five bus stances on Lord Street. The Planning Committee resolved to approve the application on 11 February 2019, subject to a Section 13 agreement. The decision was formally issued on 9 July 2019 with 14 conditions attached. The available evidence is partial, limited to the decision notice.
The Planning Committee approved the application on 11 February 2019, subject to a Section 13 agreement. The decision was formally recorded as permitted on 9 July 2019.
Condition 1
- 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Condition 2
- 2. The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the means of vehicular access has been constructed in accordance with the approved plans, and shall thereafter be retained for access purposes only.
Condition 3
- 3. The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times.
Condition 4
- 4. The development shall not be occupied or operated until the secure and covered bicycle store and/or motorcycling parking bays(s) have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. The secure and covered bicycle store and/or motorcycling parking bays shall be retained at all times thereafter.
Condition 5
- 5. No development shall commence until a schedule of materials and finishes and samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces, including roofs, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details.
Condition 6
- 6. Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, the refuse store(s) shall be provided in accordance with the approved plans and shall be permanently retained thereafter and solely for the purpose of refuse storage.
Condition 7
- 7. No development shall commence on site until a programme of archaeological work outlining the process of how archeologically findings will be reported to the Department and Manx National Heritage and how much findings will be recorded. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the programme of archaeological work so approved. The applicants are recommended to discuss this matter with Manx National Heritage before submitting such information.
Condition 8
- 8. No development shall commence on site until details of demountable flood defences or similar have been submitted to, and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details.
Condition 9
- 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no extension, enlargement or other alteration of the building/s hereby approved, other than that expressly authorised by this approval, shall be carried out, without the prior written approval of the Department.
Condition 10
- 10. No development shall take place until full details of soft and hard landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and these works shall be carried out as approved. Details of the soft landscaping works include details of new planting (including tree planting) showing, type, size and position of each. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwelling, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Details of the hard landscaping works include footpaths and hard surfacing materials. The hard landscaping works shall be completed in full accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation/operation of the building/s hereby permitted.
Condition 11
- 11. At least one space per apartment shall be allocated to each apartment and shall be retained as such thereafter and used for no other use other than the parking of vehicles associate with that residential apartment.
Condition 12
- 12. The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the bus shelters and bus laybys have been laid out in accordance with details which have first been approved in writing by the Department.
Condition 13
- 13. The car park barrier must not delay vehicle ingress by more than six seconds.
Condition 14
- 14. No development shall take place, including any works of demolition, until a construction management plan or construction method statement has been submitted to and been approved in writing by the Planning & Building Control Department. The approved plan/statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The statement shall provide for: parking of vehicle of site operatives and visitors routes for construction traffic; hours of operation method of prevention of mud being carried onto highway; pedestrian and cyclist protection; proposed temporary traffic restrictions and arrangements for turning vehicles.
