17 September 2010 · Delegated
27, Scarlett Road, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1ns
The application sought to amend a previously approved dwelling on plot 27 within a developing residential estate to the south west of Castletown centre. The estate as a whole comprises 41 new dwellings and barn conversions. The specific change involved replacing the approved small pitched-roof rear single-storey annex with a flat parapet roof version that projects 3.8 metres from the rear elevation, compared with the 2.5 metres of the approved design. The plot sits centrally within the estate, with its northern side elevation facing public open space and its rear adjoining plot 26. The site falls within an area designated as Predominantly Residential under the Castletown Local Plan 1991. The officer concluded that the proposed changes did not adversely affect the character or appearance of the property or its wider impact, and the Highways and Traffic Division confirmed the application was acceptable in highway terms.
The officer found that the amended design did not harm the character or appearance of the dwelling or its surroundings. Highway access and parking arrangements were judged acceptable, subject to conditions requiring the estate road to be constructed to at least base course level and parking facilities completed before occupation.
Predominantly Residential
The site lies within an area designated on the Castletown Local Plan of 1991 as Predominantly Residential.
Condition 1
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Condition 2
This permission relates to the erection of a dwelling on plot 27 as shown in drawings 902-01 and 902-02 both received on 19th July, 2010.
Condition 3
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 dwellings, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species.
Condition 4
The dwelling may not be occupied until such times as the estate road has been constructed to at least base course level and adequately lit from the junction of the adopted highway up to the access of the dwelling to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority.
Condition 5
The dwelling may not be occupied until the parking facilities and vehicular access(es) have been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority before being brought into use and such facilities must be thereafter so retained.
Condition 6
No works may commence upon the construction of the penultimate dwelling within the estate until such times as the estate road has been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority.
Condition 7
The windows in the approved dwelling must be installed as shown and described in the approved plans and may not be replaced, other than by windows identical to these, without the prior written permission of the Planning Authority.
Condition 8
The approved dwelling and garaging must be finished in accordance with the schedule of finishes approved under PA 04/02083 in response to condition 7 of that approval.
