Installation of a lantern roof, roof lights and creation of an office under existing patio

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Office created below existing patio remains within the property's boundaries
• ✓Lantern light and roof lights do not overlook or impose on neighbouring dwellings
• ✓Proposals consistent with the character of an already extensively extended property
• ✓Property is a large detached split-level bungalow in a road of similar dwellings
• ✓character
• ✓The proposed creation of the office below the existing patio is within the existing boundaries of the dwelling.
• ✓The proposed lantern light on the flat roof to the rear and the roof lights on the pitched rear roof do not overlook or impose on any of the adjacent dwellings.
• ✓The property has already been extensively developed and extended and the proposals pose no problems with regards to the character of the dwelling.

Permission was granted at 7 Howe Road, Onchan for the installation of a lantern roof and roof lights, and the creation of an office beneath the existing patio. The property is a large detached split-level bungalow with an attached double garage on the north side of Howe Road, in an area of similar properties. The officer's report identified three main planning considerations: the new office falls within the existing curtilage of the dwelling; the lantern light and roof lights do not overlook or impose on any neighbouring properties; and the proposals raise no concerns about the character of the dwelling given its history of extensions and development. The application was decided under delegated authority and approved on 7 September 2007, subject to three conditions.

The application was approved by the Director of Planning and Building Control under delegated authority. The new office space sits within the existing property boundaries, the roof lights and lantern light do not overlook neighbouring properties, and the proposals are consistent with the character of a dwelling that has already been substantially extended.

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Conditions (3)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   This permission relates to the installation of a lantern roof, roof lights and creation of an office under the existing patio as shown in drawing reference IOM 5 and the site and location plans all received on 25th June, 2007.

3. 3

   Condition 3

   The office hereby approved may only be used for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the property.

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