25 September 2008 · Committee
Former Gas Production And Storage Area, South Quay, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 5at
This application sought permission to redevelop the former Manx Petroleum Depot and adjoining scrubland on South Quay, Douglas, into 53 residential apartments and one commercial unit. The scrubland was to be used as garden space for the development. The site occupies an irregularly shaped area of land between South Quay and Douglas Head Road. The application was approved on 25 September 2008, with the permission subsequently extended until 25 September 2014. The officer recommended approval subject to a legal agreement and planning conditions, and the decision followed that recommendation. Approval was granted with 11 conditions attached, along with a requirement for a satisfactory Section 13 Agreement to be completed before the permission took effect.
The application was approved by the Director of Planning and Building Control under delegated authority. Permission was granted subject to 11 conditions and the satisfactory completion of a legal agreement. The officer had recommended approval, and the final decision aligned with that recommendation.
Condition 1
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Condition 2
This approval relates to the construction of a residential apartment building with parking commercial use at ground floor level, as detailed within drawing numbers 10, AP01; 021; 03; 04; 05; 07; 08; 09; AS01; 03; AE01; 02; 03; 04; 05; 06, Design Statement, Statement in support of application and Transport Assessment, submitted and date stamped 23rd November 2007.
Condition 3
The road widening works detailed in Drawing number ap07 Revd and the Transport Assessment Ref: 06-156-V3 must be completed prior to the commencement of works associated with the development hereby approved, to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority following consultation with the Department of Transport Highway Division.
Condition 4
Prior to the commencement of any building or engineering works, there must be submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority, details or samples of all external finishes to the proposed building for consideration and approval.
Condition 5
Prior to the occupation of any of the proposed apartments, all of the proposed parking spaces must be completed and available for use.
Condition 6
No roof-top clutter may be erected or installed without the prior written approval of the Planning Authority in response to a planning application therefore no approval is implied to such installations.
Condition 7
No development may commence until there has been approved by the Planning Authority a scheme of landscaping which includes indications of all existing trees and hedges within the site and details of any to be retained together with measures for their protection during the course of construction. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwellings, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species.
Condition 8
There must be no discharge of surface water to the main foul sewer.
Condition 9
All services including electricity and telephone where installed must be laid underground.
Condition 10
Prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved, gates shall be erected at the eastern side of the building and thereafter retained.
Condition 11
Prior to the commencement of the development, details of the gates proposed must be submitted for consideration and approval by the Planning Authority.
