Erection of a second floor for residential use and conversions of ground floor to hot food retail, garaging / storage and second floor to office and part residential

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Proposed addition of a second floor for residential use to an existing two-storey warehouse building
• ✓Conversion of ground floor to hot food retail, garaging/storage, and part office and residential use
• ✓Concern about harm to amenities of existing and proposed neighbouring residents
• ✓Concern about impact on the local highway network
• ✓Site previously used as a tile and tools DIY centre on Lake Road, Douglas
• ✓highways
• ✓extent to which the appeal proposal would be harmful to the amenities of the existing and proposed neighbouring residential occupiers
• ✓whether the development would impact on the highway network

This application sought permission to erect a second floor on an existing two-storey warehouse building at 1 Lake Road, Douglas, for residential use, and to convert the ground floor to hot food retail, garaging/storage, with the second floor also partly used as offices and residential accommodation. The building had most recently been used as a tile and tools DIY centre. The surrounding area includes a private car park and a Department of Transport car park to the north, Tesco's food store to the west, and a Heritage Homes development site across Lake Road to the south. The application was refused by committee. The officer had recommended refusal, with the main planning concerns being the potential harm to the amenities of neighbouring residential occupiers and the development's possible impact on the highway network.

The application was refused by committee on 27 June 2007. The officer had also recommended refusal. The key planning concerns identified were the potential harm to the amenities of neighbouring residential occupiers and the possible impact on the local highway network.

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