Planning Officer · 2016–2026
Lucy Kinrade is a currently active planning officer who has handled 1,547 planning applications over a 10-year career (2016–2025). Their most active parishes are Peel (209), Braddan (167), Douglas (136). Of 1,509 decided applications, 1,378 (91%) were approved and 131 (9%) refused. A further 14 were withdrawn before decision. They specialise primarily in alteration, extension, outbuilding applications. Their busiest year was 2018 with 238 decisions.
1,472
Decisions
1,331
Approved
127
Refused
90.4%
Approval Rate
Erection of two semi-detached dwellings
Proposal to demolish existing warehouse buildings at Former Crosby Wholesalers and erect 10 general industrial units with parking, drainage, and planting. The Planning Committee refused the application.
Permission was granted to alter a pedestrian footpath and cycle route at Douglas Rugby Club, Douglas, changing the alignment previously approved under an earlier planning permission.
Permission was granted to extend an outbuilding for ancillary living accommodation and to build a new detached double garage at Ballakewin Old Farmhouse, Ballasalla.
Permission was granted to convert the former Marina Hotel at 47 Loch Promenade, Douglas, into nine apartments, with alterations and extensions to the six-storey traditional building within a Conservation Area.
Registered Building Consent for demolition works at the Marina Hotel, Douglas was permitted by Committee in September 2025.
Permission was granted for extensive alterations and extensions to a traditional Manx cottage at East Baldwin, including new dormers, a sunroom conversion, garage conversion, and a new detached garage.
Permission was granted to install a replacement roof at a residential property in Glen Vine, Isle of Man.
Permission was granted to replace the roof tiles at 6 Rheast Bridson, Peel, Isle of Man, approved on 15 August 2025.
Permission was granted on 12 August 2025 to convert an existing stone barn at Trollaby Farm, Union Mills into a dwelling, subject to 6 conditions.
Permission was granted to convert a five-storey mid-terrace house at 10 Peel Road, Douglas into five apartments, approved by delegated decision on 7 August 2025.
Permission was granted to extend an existing agricultural shed at Ballawhane Farm, Andreas, for hay production and storage, subject to four conditions.
Permission was granted to extend the expiry date of an existing planning consent at the former Whitestone Garage, Ballasalla, by two further years.
Permission in principle was granted by committee to build a detached dwelling and garage at Silver Beech, Glen Road, Colby, including approval of the access arrangements onto Glen Road.
Permission was granted for the Co-op on Duke Street, Douglas, to relocate its refrigeration plant from the roof to a new rear mezzanine deck and install two vents.
Retrospective permission was granted for replacement roof tiles at 7-9 Duke Street, Peel, where works had already begun before the application was decided.
Permission was granted to create a new vehicular access onto the highway at Ballagarey House, Glen Vine, with three conditions attached.
Retrospective permission was granted to extend the residential gardens of three cottages near Colby by changing the use of part of an adjacent agricultural field.
Permission was granted for a ground-mounted solar panel array at Claddagh Farm, Sulby, Isle of Man, approved by committee on 23 May 2025 subject to three conditions.
Permission was granted to replace a rear conservatory with a new single-storey rear and side extension at 7 Cushag Drive, Peel, following a design revision to reduce impact on the neighbouring property.
Permission to renovate and extend a cottage at Ballachrink Farm, Colby was refused in May 2025, primarily because the extensions were too large relative to the original building and no structural evidence was provided to support the works.
Permission was granted to extend the time limit on an existing approval for a replacement dwelling with garage at Skeddan Veg, Derbyhaven, giving a further two years from June 2025 to implement the scheme.
Application 24/00217/B for Erection of a detached building to be used as a garage for the existing dwelling and residential annex of additional accommodation at Orchard Cottage Oatlands Road Andreas Isle Of Man IM7 4ET was refused. The refusal notice records 1 refusal reasons.
Permission was granted to create an off-street parking space at a corner-plot property in Port Erin, with at least half of the front garden retained.