22 December 2008 · Committee
Garage Workshop, Caardee, Andreas Village, Isle Of Man, IM7 4he
The proposal sought approval in principle to convert an existing garage and workshop into a dwelling with workshop at Caardee Cottage, Andreas Village. It was approved by the Planning Committee of the Department of Local Government and the Environment on 22 December 2008, signed by the Deputy Secretary Planning, with 8 conditions. The site is the curtilage of a single storey detached property on the north-western side of Main Road (A17). The formal decision record lists 8 conditions.
The application was approved by the Planning Committee. The decision notice confirms approval of the proposal. The officer recommended permission.
Development should make the best use of resources
Strategic
New development will be located primarily within our existing towns and villages
New housing will be located primarily within our existing towns and villages
Housing
Housing Policy 4: New housing will be located primarily within our existing towns and villages, or, where appropriate, in sustainable urban extensions (1) of these towns and villages where identified in adopted Area Plans: otherwise new housing will be permitted in the countryside only in the following exceptional circumstances: (a) essential housing for agricultural workers in accordance with Housing Policies 7, 8, 9 and 10; (b) conversion of redundant rural buildings in accordance with Housing Policy 11; and (c) the replacement of existing rural dwellings and abandoned dwellings in accordance with Housing Policies 12, 13 and 14. 8.5.6 The anticipated increase in the total number of dwellings on the Island over the Plan period is approximately 14%. By administering the programme of Area Plan preparation, the Department will ensure that there is sufficient land zoned for residential development to meet the overall housing requirement figure required by Housing Policy 1. The Department has resolved to prepare under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 four Area Plans which will concentrate upon larger areas of the Island. These will focus on the North, West, East and South of the Island and correspond with those areas discussed at paragraph 5.9 of the Spatial Strategy Chapter. 8.6 Affordable Housing 8.6.1 The Department is concerned about the increasing difficulties of securing the provision of affordable housing across the Island. The Department can, and does as a Housing Authority, intervene financially to provide financial support to local Authorities; financial support to prospective owner occupiers (through the House Purchase Assistance Scheme 2002) and by direct provision of new houses to rent. The provision of affordable housin g is a material consideration in the preparation of the development plan. In the current situation the Department considers that, to secure an adequate provision of affordable housing, it is appropriate to require that any area of land identified for hous ing purposes should include a contribution towards the provision of affordable housing. 8.6.2 There are currently around 1,584 (as at 31 st March 2007) households on the General Housing Waiting List. In addition, there are some 690 (as at 31 st March 2007) households registered with the Department under the House Purchase Assistance Scheme (HPAS). This indicates a total current need of some 2,274 households for affordable housing. (1) Sustainable Urban Extensions are defined in Appendix 1 8.6.3 In the current circumstances the Department considers that approximately 25 % of new housing provision should take the form of affordable housing. In assessing the appropriate percentage in each instance, the Department will have regard to the fact that the figure is a target over the Plan Period as a whole; to evidence of local housing need; to the nature of the land and viability of the scheme; and to the nature of existing adjacent housing. The 25% provision will be monitored and reviewed as part of any review of the Strategic Plan.
Isle of Man Strategic Plan
Department Policies
Schedule Of Conditions
This approval is in principle only and will remain valid for a period of two years within which time no development may take place until such time as details of the reserved matters (siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access, landscaping) have been approved by the Planning Authority. Such reserved matters should form the subject of a single application.
Schedule Of Conditions
This approval relates to the approval in principle for the conversion as proposed in the submitted documents and drawings SM07/138/1 and SM07/138/2 all received on 29th May 2008.
Schedule Of Conditions
The commercial use of the garage shall not be operated by anyone other than the occupier of the dwelling hereby approved.
Schedule Of Conditions
A further reserved matters application must indicate two car parking spaces which must be kept available at all times for the occupants of the proposed residential unit.
Condition 5
NOTE The proposed development must be connected to the public foul sewer. Full details of the foul and surface water disposal routes from this dwelling must be submitted as part of any subsequent detailed planning application.
Condition 6
A Communication Fee will be payable to the Department of Transport in respect of this drainage connection.
Condition 7
NOTE There must be no discharge of surface water (directly or indirectly) from this proposed development to any foul drainage system(s) so as to comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport Drainage Division.
Condition 8
NOTE The applicant is required to contact the Drainage Division prior to submitting any reserve matters application to discuss the drainage implications of this site.
Approval in principle to create petrol filling station and re-site motor engineering workshop, Caardee, Main Road, Andreas
relevant in the assessment and determination of this application
Demolition of existing and construction of new workshop
relevant in the assessment and determination of this application
