Quarterbridge House Planning Statement

28th November 2014.

Department of Infrastructure Planning and Building Control. Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas. Isle of Man.

Dear Sirs,

RE : Approval in principle to demolish existing property and redevelop site at “Quarterbridge House, Quarterbridge Road, Douglas. Isle of Man.

Please find enclosed 4 copies of our planning application prepared in connection with the above.

Existing Site.

The area of the existing dwelling equates to around 395.73 square metres based over two separate floor levels. The existing adjacent double garage equates to a further 53.96 square metres of floor area, which gives a total of 449.69 square metres of building structures on the site.

The plot size outlined in red equates to 3361 square metres and in addition to this, the applicant also owns the area of woodland, outlined in blue on the site plan.

The topography of the ground slopes downwards away from highway towards to the wooded area at the rear of the application site. There is a fall of around 6 metres from the roadway to the rear of the site and a level survey has been provided within the submission to assist with the appraisal of the proposals.

The site is zoned for residential purposes, located between other dwellings where there are numerous properties of varying mixed design, height and size.

The existing vehicular access onto the highway has adequate sight lines as the footway adjacent to the highway is around 2.5 metres wide.

Proposals.

The existing buildings on the site would be demolished and replaced with 3 new detached dwellings and an additional new vehicular access formed onto the highway.

The highway authority were consulted during the preparation of the application and satisfactory sight lines could be achieved for the development.

An indicative layout drawing has been included with the submission, for guidance purposes only, to demonstrate how 3 new dwellings might be accommodated on the site where a possible new vehicular access could be formed.

The site can be adequately serviced with both electricity and water.

Foul drainage would connect, by gravity, to the existing main foul sewer at the rear of the site. Surface water drainage would connect to site soakaways, or if acceptable to the authorities, to the nearest water course.

All existing trees in and around the site would be retained and additional screen planting would be provided to side boundaries. (Exact details would form part of any future reserved matters planning application)

We would envisage that the new development would be of a high standard with dwellings designed sympathetically to suit the neighbourhood.

Internal boundary features would consist of high level walling / fencing and screen planting where appropriate.

The proposals at this stage are in principle only and if approved, all exact details would be discussed with the planning department and form part of a future reserved matters planning application

We trust the enclosed is in order, please do not hesitate to contact us should you require any further information or assistance in this matter.