DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 22/00379/B Applicant: Department Of Education, Sports And Culture Proposal: Erection of timber cabin structure Site Address: Manor Park School Pulrose Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 1AT Planning Officer: Mrs Vanessa Porter Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 16.05.2022

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. The proposal complies with Community Policy 5 and General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Plans/Drawings/Information;

This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 28th March 2022;

• o Drawing No. 01
• o Drawing No. S1
• o Drawing No. 02
• o Open Grill Cabin details _______________________________________________________________

Interested Person Status – Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report THE APPLICATION SITE

1.1 The application site is within the curtilage of Manor Park School, which is a primary school situated within the Pulrose Housing Estate. Between the site and the main road is a playground with several structures for play upon it and a car park is situated between the site and the school. - 1.2 The site is surrounded by residential dwellings to the North, East, West and Pulrose Golf Course to the South East, South and South West. THE PROPOSAL

2.1 The current planning application seeks approval for the erection of a hexagonal timber cabin which is to be open on half of the sides and will have covered seating to the other sides. The cabin will have an approximate overall height of 3.1m and will measure 3.6m across. - 2.2 The application form states the following regarding the structure, "The open sided structure will provide covered shelter as part of a wellbeing area within the school grounds, It will be used by school children during school hours and by the wider community outside of school hours." - 2.3 No details have been given regarding the roofing or timber colour. PLANNING HISTORY

3.1 The previous applications are not relevant in the assessment of this application. PLANNING POLICY - 4.1 The site lies within an area zoned as "Buildings or Land for Civic, Cultural or Other Use Primary School." The property is not within a Conservation Area or a Flood Risk Zone.

4.2 Given the nature of the proposal and the land designation the most relevant policies are Community Policy 5 which seeks that proposals to improve or extend the existing schools must have a particular regard to the potential for community use and the associated Open Space and General Policy 2 which sets out general standards towards acceptable development. REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 The following representations can be found in full online, below is a short summery;

5.2 No representations have been received from Highway Services at the time of writing this report.

5.3 No representations have been received from Douglas Corporation at the time of writing this report. ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The main issues to consider in the assessment of this planning application are:

• - principle
• - character and appearance

- 6.2 PRINCIPLE

• 6.2.1 The proposed timber cabin would readily fall into the established use of the site and would provide a usable social space within the school, by providing a covered area which will be accessible inside and outside the school period.

- 6.3 CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE

• 6.3.1 Whilst the proposed cabin can be seen from a public vantage point of the main Pulrose Road, due to its location within a school and the playground which will be situated between the site and the main road, the impact upon the character and appearance of the streetscene will be minimal.
• 6.3.2 As stated within section 2 of this report, no information has been provided to the officer for the colours of the timber or the roofing, due to its location and the site it is situated upon a condition is not required as the colour of the timber and roofing will not affect how the cabin will be seen within the streetscene. CONCLUSION

7.1 The proposed timber cabin is acceptable in terms of their form, mass and design by providing a suitable covered area as such the proposal is deemed to comply with Community Policy 5 and General Policy 2. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) the applicant (including an agent acting on their behalf);
• (b) any Government Department that has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (c) the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure;
• (d) Manx National Heritage where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (e) Manx Utilities where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (f) the local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated; and
• (g) a local authority adjoining the authority referred to in paragraph (f) where that adjoining authority has made written representations that the Department considers material. 8.2 The decision maker must determine:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed above who should be given Interested Person Status

I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status.

Decision Made : Permitted Date: 18.05.2022

Determining officer

Signed : C BALMER Chris Balmer Principal Planner

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