Why Was This Refused?
- ✓Proposed first-floor flat roof extension above existing kitchen at a mid-terrace property
- ✓Extension judged over-dominant and visually incongruous within the terrace and its wider setting
- ✓Design considered inappropriate in scale and form relative to the rear of the terrace
- ✓Loss of sunlight and daylight to the adjoining property at 1 Wesley Terrace
- ✓Adverse impact on outlook and light to the rear of 3 Wesley Terrace
- ✓scale
- ✓design
- ✓character
Permission was sought to erect a flat roof extension at first-floor level above the existing kitchen at 2 Wesley Terrace, Ballasalla. The application was refused by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture on 29 May 2019. The extension was found to be over-dominant in its physical and visual presence at the rear of the terrace, and incongruous in scale, form, and design when viewed from the school grounds nearby, harming the character and appearance of the terrace as a whole. The upper storey element was also found to cause a material loss of sunlight and daylight to a window at the adjoining property at 1 Wesley Terrace to the north, and to adversely affect the outlook and light to the rear of 3 Wesley Terrace to the south.
The application was refused on two grounds. First, the flat roof extension was considered over-dominant and out of keeping with the scale, form, and design of the terrace, including as seen from the adjacent school grounds. Second, the upper storey addition would have blocked outlook and reduced sunlight and daylight to windows at both the neighbouring property to the north (1 Wesley Terrace) and the property to the south (3 Wesley Terrace).
Refusal Reasons
- ✕The proposed development would be over dominant in terms of its physical and visual presence to both the rear of the site and other properties within the terrace. The development would also be incongruous in terms of scale, form and design to both the rear of the terrace and its wider setting visible from a public area, namely the school grounds, to the clear detriment of the character and appearance of the terrace. As such, in terms of its inappropriate scale, poor design and resultant unsatisfactory appearance, the proposal would be contrary to the General Policy 2b and c of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan, having regard to the Residential Design Guidance March 2019.
- ✕The proposed upper storey extension would result in both an impediment to the outlook from, and a material loss of sunlight and daylight to, the window of the adjoining dwelling located to the north at 1 Wesley Terrace. The development would also adversely affect the outlook from and light to the rear of number 3, Wesley Terrace. The development would therefore be contrary to the General Policy 2g of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan and having regard to the Residential Design Guidance of March 2019.
