Replacement of front garden with driveway

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Replacement of front garden with a driveway at a two-storey end-terrace property
• ✓Street already has an open character with some existing off-road parking in front gardens nearby
• ✓Impact on street scene character assessed and found acceptable
• ✓Highway safety and neighbour impact considered
• ✓One condition attached to the approval
• ✓character
• ✓highways
• ✓neighbour_impact
• ✓Impact on the character of the street scene.
• ✓Impact on highway safety.
• ✓Impact on neighbours.

Permission was granted to replace the front garden at 18 Bemahague Avenue, Onchan with a driveway to provide off-road parking. The property is a two-storey end-terrace house on the east side of Bemahague Avenue. The street has an open character, with mostly lawns and shrubs between properties, though some fences exist on boundaries and three other properties on the same side of the road have already converted front gardens to off-road parking. The officer assessed the proposal against its impact on the street scene, highway safety, and neighbouring properties, and recommended approval. The Head of Development Management approved the application on 8 September 2025, subject to one condition.

The application was approved by the Head of Development Management under delegated authority. The key planning considerations were the impact on the character of the street scene, highway safety, and effects on neighbouring properties, all of which were found to be acceptable.

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Conditions (1)

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   Condition 1

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

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