Planning Officer · 2000–2007
Brian Sinden served as a planning officer who handled 713 planning applications over a 8-year career (2000–2007). Their most active parishes were Douglas (666), Arbory (18), Braddan (11). Of 700 decided applications, 510 (73%) were approved and 190 (27%) refused. A further 12 were withdrawn before decision. They specialised primarily in extension, alteration, new_build applications. Their busiest year was 2004 with 347 decisions. Their caseload was heaviest in the earlier part of their career.
713
Decisions
511
Approved
190
Refused
71.7%
Approval Rate
An application to allow temporary storage of hazardous industrial waste at the Energy-from-Waste facility in Braddan was withdrawn in October 2007 before any decision was reached.
Appeal against refusal for erection of a four storey building plus basement to accommodate 38 "Crash Pad" apartments and 15 car parking spaces
Appeal against refusal for erection of a four storey building plus basement to accommodate 30 "Crash Pad" apartments, a bar/restaurant (class 3), a retail/ commercial unit (class 1, 2 or 3) and 10 parking spaces
Permission was refused for a four-storey building containing 38 apartments and mixed commercial uses on a cleared corner site in Douglas, with concerns raised over land use, parking, and visual impact.
Permission was refused for a four-storey mixed-use building with 30 apartments, a bar/restaurant, and a retail unit on a cleared corner plot in Douglas, due to insufficient parking, poor flat quality, and an out-of-zone retail use.
Appeal against the approval for the Development of vacant site with 52 residential apartments and associated car parking
Appeal against refusal for conversion of Brewery building to provide five apartments, one town house and re-development of remaining site to provide six apartments and associated secure parking (in association with 06/01155 GB)
Appeal against the refusal for Erection of an apartment block to provide 60 apartments with associated parking
An application to build a detached triple garage with workshop space at Modena House, Ballanard Road was withdrawn in March 2007 before a decision was reached, despite the officer recommending refusal.
Permission was granted in February 2007 for a temporary car park and driveway resurfacing at the Nunnery Estate in Douglas, subject to conditions including archaeological investigation requirements.
The proposal sought full planning approval for a 450 sq. m industrial unit at Unit 5, White Hoe Industrial Estate, Old Castletown Road, Douglas. The building, clad in dark brown sheeting, would have housed a vehicle repair workshop and an auto electrical centre — both businesses already operating elsewhere on the estate — along with a new access road, parking, and hardstanding.
Permission was granted at 2 Cronk y Berry Drive, Douglas, for a rear conservatory, an extension of the garden curtilage onto adjoining land, and new boundary fencing. The proposal was approved because the conservatory would not unreasonably affect neighbours, and the garden extension was consistent with a previously approved change of use of the same general area.
Permission was refused for a change of use from light industrial to vehicle body repair at Middle River Industrial Estate, Douglas, because the application did not show that on-site parking could meet the demands of the proposed use.
Permission was refused for a change of use from a reading room to office space at the Christian Science Church on Woodbourne Road, Douglas.
Permission was granted in January 2007 for the erection of a mobile classroom at Kewaigue School, Douglas, Isle of Man.
This application sought permission to develop a roughly 0.45 hectare (1.1 acre) area of open land at the north-east corner of the junction of Johnny Watterson Lane and Ballanard Road in Braddan. The case officer recommended the application for approval, but the delegated decision-maker refused it on 17 January 2007.
Minor revisions to an approved housing layout and dwelling details at a development site in Douglas were permitted in January 2007.
Appeal against the approval for the Erection of a detached dwelling
Permission was refused for the conversion of a workshop and store into a self-contained flat with garage at 2 Falcon Street Lane, Douglas, with residential amenity and parking identified as key concerns.
Planning permission was granted in December 2006 for 52 residential apartments and associated car parking on a vacant site at the corner of Circular Road and Peel Road, Douglas, subject to 13 conditions.
Appeal against refusal for Approval in principle for the erection of block of ten apartments with associated basement parking facilities to replace existing dwelling
Permission was granted to amend the roof profile on two elevations of a dwelling extension at Little Mount, Crosby, as a minor amendment to an earlier approval.
Permission was refused for the redevelopment of the former Okell's Falcon Brewery site in Douglas to provide 11 apartments and a town house, with the committee citing concerns about the Conservation Area, a nearby Registered Building, highway matters, and the local street scene.
This application sought consent to convert the former Okell's Brewery on Glen Falcon Road, Douglas into eleven flats and one town house, with associated parking. Planning Committee refused the application, with officer recommendation aligned to refusal.