25 April 2018 · Planning Committee
8, Castlemona Avenue, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 4eh
The proposal involves changing the use of the lounge in an existing terraced dwelling to provide a beauty/nail treatment service, operating on an appointment-only basis with one client at a time. No external alterations or signage are proposed.
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The officer determined that the principle of using part of the dwelling for a beauty treatment business is acceptable as an ancillary use, not falling within permitted development Class 5 due to clien…
General Policy 2
Requires developments to respect site surroundings (b), not adversely affect residential amenity or locality character (g), provide satisfactory parking and access (h), and not harm road safety or traffic (i). The officer assessed the proposal as compliant subject to conditions on hours, staff, and use restrictions, as client visits would be minimal and similar to domestic activity, with Highways support.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Operating hours
The beauty/nail treatment use, hereby approved, shall only be open for use by clients/customers, between the hours of 0730 and 2000 Monday to Friday, and 0800 and 1200 on Saturdays. No customers shall be allowed onsite outside of these hours or at any time on Sundays or Bank holidays. Reason: In the interests of the amenity of neighbouring residents in accordance with General Policy 2, parts g, h & i of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
No additional staff
The beauty/nail treatment use, hereby approved, is for the sole use by the occupant of the dwelling; therefore no additional staff, other than the occupant, shall be employed as part of the business operating from the application site. Reason: To prevent an increase in on-street parking demand in the interests of highway safety and amenity in accordance with General Policy 2, parts g, h & i of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
Restricted use of lounge
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) the lounge shall only be used as a Class 1 beauty/nail treatment or for purposes incidental to the residential use of the dwelling and shall not be used for any other purpose within Class 1. Reason: To ensure proper control of the development and to avoid any future undesirable uses being carried out on the site in the interest of the amenity of the neighbouring properties in accordance with General Policy 2, parts g, h & i of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
no objection, subject to conditions on no additional staff and no more than one client at a time with 15 minute intervals
no objection
Highway Services provided a detailed no objection subject to conditions limiting staff and client numbers to mitigate parking demand. Douglas Borough Council raised no objections but requested a 14-day extension for further comments.
Key concern: high demand for on-street parking and limited capacity in the area
Department of Infrastructure Highway Services
Conditional No ObjectionHighway Services do not oppose this application subject to the following conditions; To prevent an increase in on-street parking demand in the interests of highway safety and amenity; Recommendation: DNOC
Conditions requested: No staff other than the applicant are to be employed at the beauty treatment business; There shall be no more than one client present at any given time, and there shall be a gap of at least 15 minutes between client appointments; A client appointment book should be maintained by the applicant on a permanent basis which can be inspected at the request of Planning Officers
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections to the listed applications below but we draw your attention to our request for a time extension for planning application 18/00057/C; We request an extension to of 14 days for submitting comments to allow this application to be considered during the February Environmental Services Committee meeting
