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________________________________________________________________________ Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture. Planning and Building Control. Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas. Isle of Man. To whom it may concern. RE : Proposed alterations, additions and conversion of existing dwelling into 2
separate residential units at “CRONK NY SHEE”, Cordeman Road, St Marks, Malew. Isle of Man. IM9 3AJ - For MR and MRS MOWLE.
___________________________________________________________________ Please find enclosed copy of our planning application prepared in connection with the above. The following is a brief planning statement prepared in support of our clients proposal and to assist your department in processing of the planning application. This application seeks approval to alter and convert an existing dwelling, into 2 separate smaller residential units. The opportunity will be taken to improve the thermal values of the buildings and introduce renewable energy sources, in line with the Isle of Man Government climate change objectives. The applicant’s own and reside at “CRONK NY SHEE”, which is a very large, detached dwelling set in its own grounds and accessed from a private lane, leading to Cordeman Road. Historically the property formed part of the original “Upper Cordemen Farm” holding and was converted into a residential dwelling, after which time the property has been known as “Cronk Ny Shee”.
Plan of existing dwelling (Floors) – Drg 1 (dated March 2022) Plan of existing dwelling (Elevations) – Drg 2 (dated March 2022) Plan as proposed – Drg 3 (dated March 2022) Site Plan as existing – Drg 4 (dated March 2022) Site Plan as proposed - Drg 5 (dated March 2022) Location Plan – Drg 6 (dated March 2022) 3 x A4 sheets of photographs. Planning statement letter. Completed planning application form.
“Cronk Ny Shee” is a very large 2 storey dwelling with a floor area of around 847.43 square metres (Based on external footprint) The building was converted into a dwelling, from redundant stone farm outbuildings, around 2002 – 2003, under PA 02/00898/B, PA/03/00164/B and PA 03/00040/B. The dwelling is finished externally in pointed stonework, pitched slate roof and brown colour Upvc double glazed windows (vertically proportioned) set on slate cills. There is a large replacement detached outbuilding to the North East side of the dwelling. which has recently been constructed and approved under planning application PA 20/00210/B. The nearest neighbouring property, “Upper Cordeman”, lies to the West of the proposal site and was the original “Upper Cordeman Farmhouse”. “Cronk Ny Shee” sits in its own grounds and is accessed via a private lane leading to the Cordeman Road (single track tarmac road) which in turn leads to St Marks village. There is ample external car parking space available on site and the recently constructed outbuilding provides further internal parking space. Foul drainage from the property connects to an existing septic tank. Surface water drainage discharges to site soakaways. A satisfactory 3 phase electrical supply is available for the site.
Existing Dwelling area equates to 847.43 square metres. (Ground floor @ 479.77 square metres and First floor @ 367.66 square metres)
The application site and neighbouring dwelling were original known as “Upper Cordeman Farm”, which consisted of a farmhouse, several redundant stone outbuildings and an adjacent large timber outbuilding, together with associated farmland.
The following is a list of previous planning applications for the site. All of which have obtained planning approval.
The proposal consists of alterations, additions and conversion of the existing dwelling into 2 separate detached smaller residential units. It is relevant that the existing dwelling is extremely large and expensive to operate and has areas that are no longer used. The proposal seeks approval to split the existing property into two smaller units and take the opportunity to modernize / upgrade the existing structure to reduce its carbon footprint and be more efficient.
There is currently parking space for up a minimum of 8 vehicles in front of the property, with a further 2 garage spaces available inside the existing building. There is also a large amount of internal parking space available within the adjacent recently constructed outbuilding sited to the North East of the dwelling.
The design and specification of the proposal aims to significantly reduce its carbon footprint, whilst minimising the levels of heating required by integration of super insulation, air tightness levels of construction details, solar panels and the use of an air source heat pump. In addition, the provision and orientation of the larger South facing double glazed windows in unit 2 are intended to take advantage of solar gain. An electric vehicle charging point is to be provided adjacent to the garage and secure internal bicycle storage space would be available within each garage. All to assist with achieving the Isle of Man Governments climate change objectives.
The proposals have been carefully designed to respect the rural location and character of the area in terms of scale, form and finishes.
There would not be any significant impact on adjacent or nearby properties, bearing in mind the orientation of buildings and separating distances involved.
There would be no impact on adjacent dwellings regarding overlooking, loss of privacy or loss of light.
There would be no detrimental impact as viewed by the public. We trust the enclosed is in order, please do not hesitate to contact us should you require any further information or assistance in this matter.
Yours sincerely,
LIONEL KELLY Director.
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