DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 20/00594/MCH Applicant: Mr Lee Smith Proposal: Minor changes application for PA 18/00989/B involving the replacement of the existing garage door with a window Site Address: 23 Bayr Grianagh Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1HL Head of Development Management: Mr S Butler Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 17.07.2020 _________________________________________________________________ Notes for Approval All the applied for changes are approved. ### Plans/Drawings/Information;

This decision relates to the application form and plan date stamped 19.06.20 _____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report

|Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |---|---|---|---| |Basis of Application|Basis of Application|Basis of Application|Basis of Application| |Only one minor changes application may be made in respect of any particular grant of planning approval.|21(1)|No previous|Yes| |Must relate to a grant of planning approval in respect of a building|21/2)(a)|PA for 18/00989/B Alterations and erection of a first floor extension|Yes| |Must specify what minor changes are being sought and why the applicant considers them to be of a minor nature|21(2)(b)|Application form and plans – approval is for alterations to house to create additional accommodation above garage. Change is to replace garage door with window.|Yes| |Cannot increase the number of dwellings or buildings for which planning approval has been granted|21(2)(c)(i)|No change|Yes| |Cannot increase the net external footprint of a building for which planning approval has been|21(2)(c)(ii)|No change|Yes|

|granted| | | | |---|---|---|---| |Cannot 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)(iii)|No change|Yes| |Cannot make material changes to the vehicular access arrangements for which planning approval has been granted|21(2)(c)(iv)|No change (see below re: current use of garage)|Yes| |Cannot alter the conditions (if any) which have been imposed|21(2)(c)(v)|No change|Yes| |Cannot be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired|21(2)(d)|No concerns|Yes| |Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |Application Content|Application Content|Application Content|Application Content| |Application Form|22(3)(a)|Provided|Yes| |Information in Schedule 1:<br><br> Site location plan (including flood risk assessment)<br> The planning approval that is the subject of the application<br> The changes to that approval which are being applied for<br> An explanation as to why those changes are being applied for;<br> (if relevant) the site plan, and the plans, elevations and sections of the proposed buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes.<br>|22(3)(a&c)|Provided|Yes| |Document specified on form but not in Schedule 1|22(3)(b)|N/A|Yes| |Fee|22(3)(4)|Provided|Yes| |Such further info as Department may request prior to determination|22(6)|N/A|Yes| |Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |Determination|Determination|Determination|Determination| |Must not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question|23(1)(a)|No change|Yes| |Must not significantly change the nature of the development in question|23(1)(b)|No concerns|Yes| |Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |Must 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)(c)|Loss of garage could be loss of parking, however officer report for original PA states, “On the south side gable elevation is an attached flat roof garage set back from the front elevation this garage area has been internally converted to provide a small store accessed by the existing garage door and towards the rear a kitchen and utility room accessed from the main dwellinghouse. This single storey|Yes|

| | |extension is 2.5m wide and projects backwards approx. 9m into the rear garden”.| | |---|---|---|---| |Must 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)(d)|No concerns – noted that if parking slightly larger would be PD|Yes| |Must not be more than minor and to be of a magnitude to warrant a new application|23(1)(e)|No concerns|Yes| |Must not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made.|23(1)(e)|No concerns|Yes| |If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. – is the application considered acceptable?|23(2)|No loss of usable parking, no impact on neighbours, no concerns re: visual impact.|Yes| |Notice of Decision|Notice of Decision|Notice of Decision|Notice of Decision| |Set out whether all, some or no changes are accepted (And which is which)|24(2)(a)|All|All| |For any elements refused, the reasons for that.|24(2)(b)|N/A|N/A|

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Director of Planning and Building Control in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : Determining officer Signed : J CHANCE Jennifer Chance Director of Planning and Building Control

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