Approval in principle for the erection of a dwelling

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Impact on Registered Building Erin Brae
• ✓Harm to Douglas Promenades Conservation Area character
• ✓Effect on residential/tourist use of Erin Brae and Century Court
• ✓Risk of precedent for similar development
• ✓Site in predominantly residential zone
• ✓heritage
• ✓character
• ✓precedent
• ✓the impact on "Erin Brae" as a Registered Building
• ✓the impact on the appearance and character of the Conservation Area
• ✓the impact on the residential / tourist use of Erin Brae and Century Court
• ✓the established of a precedent for further similar development
• ✓whether the planning history, insofar as it might be judged to support an approval, warrants setting aside any drawbacks identified in (A) to (D) above

The site is an area of land about 20m x 18m, adjoining an access track from Switzerland Road, to the rear of the Registered Building Erin Brae, within the Douglas Promenades Conservation Area and zoned as predominantly residential under the Douglas Local Plan Order 1998. The proposal was for approval in principle for a dwelling. The Planning Committee refused the application on 26 July 2006. Key issues included the impact on Erin Brae as a Registered Building, the impact on the appearance and character of the Conservation Area, the impact on the residential and tourist use of Erin Brae and Century Court, the potential precedent for similar development, and whether planning history justified approval despite these concerns.

The Planning Committee refused the application. Reasons centred on harms to the Registered Building Erin Brae, the Conservation Area's appearance and character, residential and tourist uses at Erin Brae and Century Court, and setting a precedent for similar development. Planning history did not outweigh these issues.

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