Change of use from light industrial or storage / distribution to warehousing and retail of building materials

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Change of use from light industrial or storage/distribution to warehousing and retail of building materials
• ✓Site is one unit within a block of four at White Hoe Industrial Estate
• ✓Officer recommended approval subject to conditions
• ✓Decision made by committee
• ✓materials

This application sought permission to change the use of Unit 22 at White Hoe Industrial Estate, Old Castletown Road, Douglas, from light industrial or storage and distribution to warehousing and retail of building materials. The site forms part of a block of four units known as Unit 7 within the estate, which sits opposite Unit 6. The area is noted as being zoned as open space or woodland in the Douglas Local Plan 1998, and there are residential properties on the opposite side of Old Castletown Road. The application was considered by committee and permitted on 18 October 2010. The case officer, Mr Ian Brooks, recommended approval subject to conditions.

The application was permitted by committee on 18 October 2010. The officer recommended approval subject to conditions. The proposal involved a change of use within an existing industrial estate unit, and permission was granted on that basis.

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