Approval in principle for the conversion of showroom and store to a dwelling with rear car parking

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Insufficient external space and outlook for the proposed dwelling
• ✓Inadequate privacy within the converted accommodation
• ✓Potential adverse impact on the adjoining Lambourne Cottage
• ✓Committee determination aligned with officer recommendation to refuse
• ✓parking
• ✓Would the proposed accommodation have adequate external space, outlets, and environment
• ✓Would there be an adverse impact on the adjoining property (Lambourne Cottage)

The proposal was for the conversion of a showroom and store — the premises known as Country Cookers and Stoves on Main Road, Kirk Michael — into a residential dwelling, with rear car parking provided. The key planning concerns identified by the officer were whether the proposed dwelling would have adequate external space, outlook, and privacy, and whether the conversion would cause harm to the adjoining property, Lambourne Cottage. The officer concluded from the submitted plans that the scheme was clearly very tight in terms of space, outlook, and privacy, and recommended refusal on that basis. The Planning Committee determined the application and refused it, consistent with the officer's recommendation.

The application was refused because the proposed dwelling was considered inadequate in terms of external space, outlook, and privacy. The officer judged the scheme clearly too constrained on these grounds, and the Planning Committee agreed.

Conditions (3)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   This approval is in principle only and will remain valid for a period of two years within which time no development shall take place until such time as details of the reserved matters (design, external appearance, internal layout and means of access) have been approved by the Planning Committee. Such reserved matters should form the subject of a single application.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   The windows of the first floor bathroom shall be glazed with obscured glass.

3. 3

   Condition 3

   The residential accommodation shall be occupied solely by the proprietor/person employed in the adjoining shop and any partner and/or dependants residing with him/her.

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