Approval in principle to demolish existing dwelling and garages and erection of new building to accommodate four permanent apartments and garaging with associated car parking

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Demolition of existing two-storey detached house to build four apartments with garaging
• ✓Surrounding properties are generally single-storey, raising concerns about intensity of development
• ✓Existing site access considered unsuitable for the additional traffic generated
• ✓Insufficient information provided to assess impact on neighbouring properties
• ✓highways
• ✓access
• ✓over intensive form of development
• ✓existing access is not suitable to manage the increase in traffic
• ✓does not adequately demonstrate the impact on the surrounding properties

This application sought approval in principle to demolish an existing dwelling and garages at Far End, 88 King Edward Road, Onchan, and replace them with a new building containing four permanent apartments, garaging, and associated car parking. The site is occupied by a relatively large two-storey detached house, while the surrounding properties are generally single-storey. The officer's report identified the proposal as an over-intensive form of development in this context. The application was refused by committee. Key concerns included the unsuitability of the existing access to manage increased traffic, and the failure of the application to adequately demonstrate what impact the development would have on neighbouring properties.

The application was refused by committee on 28 July 2005. The officer's report identified the proposal as an over-intensive form of development, raised concerns that the existing access could not handle the increase in traffic, and noted that the application did not adequately demonstrate the impact on surrounding properties.

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