Planning Officer · 2023–2024
Graham Northern is a currently active planning officer who has handled 91 planning applications over a 2-year career (2023–2024). Their most active parishes are Douglas (24), Malew (11), Peel (10). Of 89 decided applications, 81 (91%) were approved and 8 (9%) refused. They specialise primarily in alteration, extension, change_of_use applications. Their busiest year was 2024 with 90 decisions.
89
Decisions
81
Approved
8
Refused
91%
Approval Rate
Permission was granted to convert a detached garage at Kingsley Farm, Ballasalla, into tourist accommodation, with the work designed to match the existing Manx stone cottage on the site.
Permission was granted to reroute a right of way at The Herring Houses, Fort Island Road, Derbyhaven, involving partial wall removal and a new fence, approved on 31 December 2024.
Permission was granted to replace an existing chicken shed at Kingsley Farm, Ballasalla, with two tourist accommodation pods, approved by committee in December 2024.
Permission was granted for a single-storey lean-to extension to the north-east elevation of Gulls Way Barn, a converted stone outbuilding in the countryside near Dalby. The extension was found to respect the character of the traditional property and to have no adverse visual impact on the wider countryside.
Permission was granted to replace two non-illuminated entrance signs with illuminated signage at the Mountain View Innovation Centre, Jurby Road, Ramsey.
Retrospective permission was granted for a single storey extension to the north side of a countryside dwelling at Clougher Veg, Wigan Lane, Ballamodha.
Planning permission was granted by committee for a purpose-built medicinal cannabis production facility and headquarters on a 2.63-hectare former sports ground at Ronaldsway Business Park, Ballasalla. The committee found the development in line with the Development Plan, bringing economic benefit, with environmental impacts mitigated to an acceptable degree.
Permission was granted to use the first floor of a mid-terraced property on Church Road, Port Erin as tourist accommodation, subject to one condition.
Building consent for demolition works at a mid-terrace house in the Woodbourne Road Conservation Area was approved on 4 November 2024.
Permission was refused for a first floor extension to a bungalow in the Isle of Man countryside, as the proposed scale and design were considered out of character with the existing dwelling and its rural setting.
Permission was refused for a two-storey rear extension at 15 Hatfield Grove, Douglas, because it would cause overshadowing and an overbearing impact on neighbouring properties.
Permission was granted for a single-storey rear extension and flue installation at a residential property in Castletown, Isle of Man.
Permission was granted to replace windows and doors and create new double doors at the rear of a mid-terrace house within the Woodbourne Road Conservation Area in Douglas.
Erection of a replacement dwelling and alteration to vehicular access
Permission was refused for extensions and alterations at Peace House, a countryside dwelling in Eairy, Isle of Man, due to unsympathetic design and failure to address ecological harm caused by prior site clearance works.
Permission was granted to install a sculpture and a new access ramp with a curved metal screen and handrail at the Peel Centenary Centre, a community facility within a Conservation Area.
Permission was granted to convert an existing rear garage at a bungalow in Castletown into additional living space, with one condition attached.
An application to erect a detached steel-framed machinery storage building (25m x 9m, 4.06m ridge height) in open countryside at St Marks was refused because no genuine agricultural need for the building could be demonstrated.
Permission was granted to convert a car repair garage at 24 Richmond Grove, Douglas into a single dwelling with a courtyard garden and dormer windows to the south.
Permission was granted to install a replacement front door at a terraced house within the Peel Conservation Area, with the proposal found acceptable in terms of design and conservation impact.
Permission was granted to install replacement windows and a door at a mid-terraced house in Peel's Conservation Area, with the scale and design found to preserve the area's character.
An application to erect a replacement dwelling at Thie Dhorlish, Cornaa was refused because the original house had already been demolished, leaving no dwelling to replace and effectively abandoning the residential use of the rural site.
Permission was granted for a single storey rear extension and sliding doors at a semi-detached property in Onchan, approved on 1 October 2024.
Permission was granted to install a new window on the south west elevation of a bungalow at 69 Slieau Curn Park, Kirk Michael, with no identified harm to local character or neighbouring amenity.