89/01503/BApproved
Masterplan of business technology park
8 July 2011 · Committee
Site 1 Of Former Isle Of Man Holiday Camp, Switzerland Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4re
Permission was granted for the erection of four office units with associated car parking, drainage, and hard and soft landscaping on the site of the former Isle of Man Holiday Camp, located off Switzerland Road and Victoria Road in Douglas. The site had been vacant and was considered to be in need of redevelopment, as its existing condition did not contribute positively to the visual amenity of the area. The officer's report identified the land use zoning of the site, highway and parking matters, and visual amenity as the main planning issues to be weighed. The Planning Committee approved the application on 8 July 2011, in line with the officer's recommendation, subject to twelve conditions.
The Planning Committee approved the application on 8 July 2011. The officer had recommended approval subject to conditions, and the committee agreed. Key planning considerations included the land use zoning of the site, highway and parking arrangements, and the visual impact on the surrounding area. Twelve conditions were attached to the permission.
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 four office units with associated car parking, drainage and hard and soft landscaping works, as shown in drawing numbers B101 Rev D, B102 Rev C, B104 Rev A, B105 Rev A, B106, B107, O5 Rev A, O6 and M125 Rev A date stamped 11th February 2011, Planning Stage Drainage Design report prepared by MacOwan Collett dated December 2009, Parking Strategy and Travel Plan prepared by McGarrigle and Jackson dated February 2011, Planning Statement prepared by McGarrigle and Jackson dated February 2011, Transport Assessment prepared by Sanderson Associates dated 10th February 2011, Letter from Mr B Greenwood of Sanderson Associates dated 27th May 2011 with drawing numbers 5741/004 Rev A, 5741/005 Rev A and 5741/006, B103 Rev F date stamped 28th June 2011
Condition 3
The buildings hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the vehicular access and pedestrian means of access have been constructed in accordance with the approved plans. Those means of access shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purposes.
Condition 4
The building hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the car-parking and manoeuvring areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans, and those areas shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purposes.
Condition 5
No building works shall take place until the kerb line alteration, as shown in drawing number 5741/006, has been carried out.
Condition 6
Prior to the installation of the cycle racks, details of the racks shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter, the racks shall be installed in accordance with the approved details. The racks must provide adequate cover.
Condition 7
Prior to the commencement of the office buildings, samples of the facing and roofing materials shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved samples.
Condition 8
No development or other operations shall be commenced on this site until adequate steps, which shall have been previously approved in writing by the Planning Authority, have been taken to safeguard against damage or injury during construction works all trees on the site, or those trees whose root structure may extend within the site. In particular no excavations, site works, trenches or channels shall be cut or pipes or services laid or any other works carried out in such a way as to cause damage or injury to the trees by interference with their root structure and no soil or waste shall be deposited on the land in such a position as to be likely to cause damage or injury to the trees.
Condition 9
No development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority and those works shall be carried out as approved. Details of hard landscaping works shall include boundary treatment, footpaths, driveways and hard surfacing materials. The hard landscaping works shall be completed in full accordance with the approved details within 3 months of the first occupation of the residential units hereby permitted; and all planting shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details in the first planting and seeding seasons following that first occupation. Any tree or shrub which within 5 years from the completion of the development dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with another of similar size and species, unless the Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.
Condition 10
The existing trees on site, other than those indicated to be removed on the approved drawings, shall not be cut down, grubbed out, topped, lopped or uprooted without the written consent of the Planning Authority. In the event that a tree should be removed without consent or should die, become seriously damaged or diseased within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development, it shall be replaced in the next planting season with another similar species in the same location, unless the Planning Authority has given written consent to any variation.
Condition 11
Each office unit shall provide for at least one communal shower unit and that shower unit must be retained in perpetuity.
Condition 12
For the avoidance of doubt, the buildings shall be used only as Offices, which fall within Class 4 of Schedule 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2005. *BL*
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