Planning Officer · 2019–2026
Peiran Shen is a currently active planning officer who has handled 1,191 planning applications over a 7-year career (2019–2025). Their most active parishes are Douglas (681), Onchan (143), Ramsey (67). Of 1,174 decided applications, 1,087 (93%) were approved and 87 (7%) refused. A further 6 were withdrawn before decision. They specialise primarily in alteration, extension, change_of_use applications. Their busiest year was 2022 with 275 decisions. Their caseload increased significantly over their career.
1,099
Decisions
1,011
Approved
81
Refused
92%
Approval Rate
Appeal against the approval for the Installation of door to rear of garage (retrospective)
Temporary use of a field as a camp site for TT and IoM Festival of Motorcycling
Appeal against the refusal for the erection of two storey extension with integral garages
An application to build a rear dormer at 43 Ormly Road, Ramsey was refused because it would cause intensive overlooking of the neighbouring garden at No.40.
Permission was granted to replace a garden shed with a garden office at a mid-terrace house in Union Mills, Isle of Man.
Permission was granted for the installation of a perimeter fall restraint system to the flat roof of a multi-storey building at 22-24 Victoria Street, Douglas.
Permission was refused to enlarge a driveway and widen the access at 3 Close Toalt, Peel, because the proposal would harm the character of the area by disrupting the transition between public green space and the private dwelling.
Permission was granted for a single-storey rear extension at 39 Samuel Webb Crescent, Douglas, Isle of Man, with one condition attached.
Permission was granted to install two rooflights on the front elevation of a detached house at 5 Kermode Close, Crosby.
Permission was granted to create two off-street parking spaces at 8 Ballakermeen Avenue, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Permission was refused for a rear balcony conversion at Dreemskerry House because the existing flat-roof extension it would sit on does not have planning approval.
The Planning Committee approved the use of living space above a detached garage at Ballahutchin House as tourist accommodation, overturning the case officer's recommendation to refuse.
Permission was granted for a rear extension, front porch, bay window, and side door replacement at a semi-detached house on Ballaterson Crescent, Peel.
Permission was granted for new and replacement illuminated signage and window graphics at the Marks and Spencer store on Drumgold Street, Douglas.
Registered Buildings Consent for demolition works at a red brick building in Douglas was approved by the Committee on 28 August 2025.
Permission was refused for partial demolition, a single-storey extension, and change of use at Removal House, 39 Finch Road, Douglas, on the grounds that the proposal represented overdevelopment of the site with insufficient provision for landscaping and biodiversity.
Permission was granted for amendments to the shop front and elevations of the Marks and Spencer store at 7 Drumgold Street, Douglas, affecting frontages on Drumgold Street, Duke Street, and Market Street.
Appeal against the refusal for alterations and extensions to provide additional and improved living and garage accommodation to dwelling
Permission was granted to use an apartment at Villa Court Apartments, Douglas as tourist accommodation in addition to its existing residential use.
Permission was granted by committee for a new dwellinghouse at Ballacroak Farm, St Marks, including access, driveway, landscaping, alternative energy sources, and ancillary structures, partly on a retrospective basis. The application was approved because it does not increase impacts on the character of the area or biodiversity compared to a previous approval, and raises no significant concerns for amenity or highway safety.
Permission to create an off-street parking space at 14 Ashberry Avenue, Douglas was refused because the space was too small to prevent pavement obstruction and the proposal was out of keeping with the character of the area.
Permission was granted for external alterations to a detached house in Ramsey, including new roof tiles, removal of the chimney, smooth render to replace spardash, window and door changes, and new roof lights.
Permission was granted to convert a conservatory to a sunroom, add a front porch, alter a gable window, and create a balcony from a front dormer at a detached house in Ballajora.
A proposed single-storey rear extension at 9 Cronk Y Berry Beg, Douglas was refused because its flat roof design was out of keeping with the local roofscape and its form and mass were disproportionate to the existing house.