20 August 2014 · Committee
The Warehouse Bargrill, Harbour Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1bg
The application proposed erecting 16 dwellings with associated infrastructure including roads and drainage on a site surrounded by housing on north, south, and west sides, featuring mature trees on the perimeter and within the site, plus leylandii hedge on part of the south boundary. The Department of Infrastructure approved the application subject to 5 conditions and prior completion of a legal agreement for open space and affordable housing contributions. Key issue considered was open space provision. The site has prior planning history with 6 references.
The application was approved subject to compliance with 5 conditions. Officer recommended approval subject to a legal agreement securing commuted sums for open space and affordable housing.
The erection of new residential properties may be permitted within areas designated for residential use where these would fit in with the density, massing, design and character of existing adjacent dwellings.
Onchan Local Plan 2000
Except where required otherwise by the Local Plan, car parking standards of at least three spaces per dwelling which may include a garage will be applied to all new residential development within the Local Plan area. Permission will not generally be forthcoming for extensions or conversions which result in a loss of parking space behind the building line.
Onchan Local Plan 2000
The Department will require that in all new development, parking provision must be in accordance with the Department’s current standards.
Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007
Transport Policy 7: The Department will require that in all new development, parking provision must be in accordance with the Department's current standards. The current standards are set out in Appendix 7. 11.5.4 New development can have a significant impact in terms of the traffic generated by it and the impact on the various modes of travel. The Department considers that proposals which are likely to be significant traffic generators should be accompanied by a Transport Assessment(1) which should look at all modes of transport including access by public transport, cycling and on foot.
Condition 1
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Condition 2
Natural slate shall be used for the roof materials.
Condition 3
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times.
Condition 4
The proposed first floor bathroom windows in the rear (south) elevation of Plots 5 to 9 inclusive shall be glazed with obscure glass to Pilkington Level 5 or equivalent. The window shall also be non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed. The windows shall be permanently retained as such.
Condition 5
No site works or clearance shall be commenced until protective fences which conform with British Standard 5837:2012 (or any British Standard revoking and re-enacting British Standard 5837:2012 with or without modification) have been erected around any existing trees and other existing or proposed landscape areas in positions to be indicated on plans to be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Unless and until the development has been completed these fences shall not be removed and the protected areas are to be kept clear of any building, plant, equipment, material, debris and trenching, with the existing ground levels maintained, and there shall be no entry to those areas except for approved arboricultural or landscape works.
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