Why Was This Refused?
- ✓Upper-level bulk of the built garage resembles an additional house squeezed between adjacent buildings
- ✓Combined mass of the proposed dwelling and built garage exceeds that of adjacent plots
- ✓Overdevelopment visible from both Fairways Drive and Castletown Road
- ✓Decision made by Planning Committee
- ✓scale
- ✓overdevelopment
The application sought permission to erect a dwelling and garage on Plot 134, Fairways Drive, Mount Murray, Braddan. The committee found that the built garage, with its additional upper-level bulk, effectively resembles another house squeezed between the proposed dwelling on Plot 134 and the garage on Plot 135, creating an overdeveloped appearance when viewed from both Fairways Drive and Castletown Road. However, placing the dwelling alongside the garage as actually constructed would result in a combined mass and bulk of development that exceeds that of adjacent plots and amounts to overdevelopment of the plot. The decision was made by the Planning Committee.
The resulting mass and bulk would exceed that of neighbouring plots and cause visual harm when seen from Fairways Drive and Castletown Road.
Refusal Reasons
- ✕The garage shown in the drawing reference 03/677/5 received on 23rd June 2003 and which has already been erected, is taller than both that which was approved under PA01/1928 and the existing garage on plot 135. The additional height and bulk at the upper level which effectively looks like another house squeezed in between the dwelling which would be built on plot 134 and the garage on plot 135 and represents overdevelopment of this plot, as viewed both from Fairways Drive and the Castletown Road.
- ✕Whilst the dwelling proposed in the application would be acceptable if situated alongside the garage which was approved under PA 01/1928, the impact of the dwelling alongside the garage which has been built would represent overdevelopment of the plot and a mass and bulk of development exceeding those of adjacent plots.
