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Application No.: 23/00154/C Applicant: Mr Paul & Mrs Annechien Griffiths Proposal: Additional use of residential property as tourist accommodation Site Address: 4 Holmes Court Rowany Drive Port Erin Isle Of Man IM9 6LW Planning Officer: Mrs Vanessa Porter Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 23.03.2023
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.
In view of the lack of concern raised in respect to the application, it is considered that there is no demonstrable harm arising from the proposal and, in view of the provisions of Paragraph 9.5.8 and Business Policy 13, the application is recommended for approval.
Plans/Drawings/Information;
This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 2nd February 2023;
Additional Persons
None _____________________________________________________________________________
Officer’s Report APPLICATION SITE
1.1 The application site is within the curtilage of 4 Holmes Court, Rowany Drive, Port Erin, which is a two bedroomed first floor flat, situated to the South of Port Erin Golf Club and Rowany Drive. - 1.2 To the rear of the property there is a garage which is associated with the flat. PROPOSAL
2.1 The current planning application seeks approval for the additional use of the property as tourist accommodation. - 2.2 There are no physical works proposed. PLANNING HISTORY
3.1 Whilst there are no particular applications upon the flat itself which are relevant to the assessment of this application, below are the other flats within the complex which have approval as tourist use;
4.1 In terms of local plan policy, the application site is within an area recognised as "Predominantly Residential" on the Area Plan for the South, Map 7 - Port Erin/Port St Mary. The property is not within a Conservation Area nor a Flood Risk Zone.
4.2 Relevant policies are General Policy 2, Strategic Policy 8, Environment Policy 22, paragraph 9.5.8 in connection with Business Policy 13 from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 which sets out the general standards towards acceptable development, the acceptability of tourist development provided it does not adversely affect the surrounding area and where neighbouring amenity is not compromised. REPRESENTATIONS - 5.1 Highway Services have considered the application and state, "After reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking. The Applicant is advised to consider the provision of cycle parking storage and an electric vehicle charging point to aid Active Travel and net zero objectives." (20.02.23)
5.2 Port Erin Commissioners have considered the application and support the proposal. (15.02.23) ASSESSMENT - 6.1 The fundamental issues to consider in the assessment of this planning application, is the impact of the proposal on the neighbours and local amenities and whether there would be an impact to the streetscene as a whole or neighbouring amenity due to the proposed alterations.
6.2 It is difficult to assess how an individual person would behave whether they be a tourist or permanent resident. As a tourist, a person may be out a lot of the time, but may also have greater late nights and be disruptive on return. On the other hand, permanent residents may be at home more of the time, but be more likely to invite friends or family over for dinner or parties that may be noisy. In general terms, however, the majority of people tend to behave well and raise no concerns, although there will always be a percentage that might not, whether they are a permanent resident or otherwise.
6.3 Business Policy 13 indicates that permission will generally be given for the use of private residential properties as tourist accommodation providing that it can be demonstrated that such use would not compromise the amenities of neighbouring residents. - 6.4 The property is currently being used as a residential property of which the additional use of this application will enable the owners to part-rent the property for tourist accommodation. The dwelling is within a residential use and located within a group of dwellings, as such the site is therefore subject to a certain level of noise disturbance by dint of its location. - 6.5 It is considered therefore deemed that the use of part of the existing residential dwelling as tourist accommodation would have a similar impact, whether it is used for tourist or permanent residential use and therefore would not have a significant impact upon the living conditions of the neighbouring properties. - 6.6 With regards to parking space, clarification was sought with regards to the spaces available to the property, of which it was stated that there is a garage associated with the flat situated to the rear of the site and that there is parking situated in front of the property. As such the property has the recommended two spaces for a residential property and there will be enough parking for its proposed tourist use. - 6.7 The additional use as tourist use would not result in any changes beyond current occupation in terms of an increase in water usage, criminal activity nor increase the likely hood of spread of fire beyond the existing arrangement, and so the proposal is considered acceptable in these respects. CONCLUSION
7.1 In view of the lack of concern raised with respect to the proposal, it is considered that there is no demonstrable harm arising from the proposal and, in view of the provisions of Paragraph 9.5.8 and Business Policy 13, the application is therefore recommended for approval. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons:
8.2 The decision maker must determine:
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: 23.03.2023 Determining officer Signed : J SINGLETON Jason Singleton Principal Planner
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