Planning Officer · 2022–2024
Toby Cowell is a currently active planning officer who has handled 260 planning applications over a 3-year career (2022–2024). Their most active parishes are Douglas (68), Malew (20), Onchan (17). Of 259 decided applications, 230 (89%) were approved and 29 (11%) refused. A further 1 were withdrawn before decision. They specialise primarily in extension, alteration, new_build applications. Their busiest year was 2023 with 169 decisions.
244
Decisions
215
Approved
28
Refused
88.1%
Approval Rate
Permission was granted on 30 December 2024 for two detached townhouses with landscaping and parking on an undeveloped plot adjacent to No.4 Tennis Road, Douglas.
Permission was granted for two extensions and internal alterations to a house in Peel, Isle of Man, to provide additional bedroom and living space.
Permission was granted to demolish two existing buildings at 6 and 8 Bridge Road, Douglas, and replace them with a new mixed-use building containing ground-floor commercial space and seven apartments.
Registered Building Consent was granted for the demolition of existing buildings at 6 and 8 Bridge Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, approved on 16 December 2024.
Application 24/00676/D for Installation of temporary signage until 1st January 2026 while a permanent design is developed (in association with 24/00677/CON). at Flour Mill Mill Road Laxey Isle Of Man IM4 7AU was approved. The formal decision record lists 1 conditions.
Appeal against the approval in principle application for proposed residential development
Permission was granted for a two-storey rear extension and a single-storey side garage at Ballasaig House, Maughold, Isle of Man.
Registered Building Consent for demolition works at 2A Water Street, Ramsey was approved on 15 November 2024.
Permission was granted to demolish a single-storey rear annex at 2A Water Street, Ramsey and replace it with a two-storey extension, alongside alterations to the front elevation.
Permission to build a new farmhouse and agricultural barn on undeveloped fields in Braaid was refused in November 2024, primarily because the proposed barn would be too isolated from existing buildings and would have an unacceptable visual impact on the landscape.
Permission was granted at Three Acres, Ballafreer Lane, Union Mills to demolish an existing conservatory, build a new single-storey extension, add a rear dormer, and replace windows throughout the property.
Permission was granted for a detached garage and carport at Cronkbreck House, Greeba, approved by delegated decision in November 2024.
Permission was granted for a single-storey extension with a flue at Close Ruish, a traditional rural dwellinghouse in Sandygate, Ramsey.
Permission was granted to demolish the former Empire Garage Showroom in Peel and build seven new dwellings in its place, with associated roads, parking, and drainage works.
Registered Building Consent for demolition works at the Former Empire Garage Showroom in Peel was approved on 29 October 2024.
Permission was granted for a new detached dwelling and re-alignment of an access road at Plot 4, Stable Fields, Station Road, Ballaugh, with the application being part-retrospective due to the road having been built in a different position from that previously approved.
Permission was granted to install a replacement glazed wooden-framed porch at Primrose Lodge, Port Erin, approved on 15 October 2024.
Permission was granted for 109 apartments and associated infrastructure on a former industrial site beside the River Douglas in Braddan, Isle of Man, approved by committee in October 2024.
Permission was granted to replace ten windows and two doors at Newholme Cottage, Laxey, Isle of Man.
Erection of three tourist accommodation pods, landscaping, drainage, formation of a car parking area and conversion of the existing shed into tourist accommodation and therapy facilities
Permission was granted to extend a detached house in Ballasalla and build a detached garage with living space above.
Permission was granted to demolish and replace the existing bungalow at Driftwood, Dogmills, and extend the rear of the garage, with the Committee finding the proposal acceptable in terms of design, visual impact, and effect on neighbours.
Retrospective permission was granted by committee for the use of two fields at Ballakillowey Road, Colby, for personal dog walking.
Permission was granted for two agricultural buildings on land at Cooil Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, approved by committee in September 2024 with six conditions.