Officer Report

Application No.: 18/00847/B Applicant: Mr Brian & Mrs Pamela Radcliffe Proposal: Installation of four roof lights Site Address: 49 Arbory Street Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1LL Head of Development Management: Miss Jennifer Chance Site Visit: 10.10.2018 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 10.10.2018 _________________________________________________________________

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions

Plans/Drawings/Information; This approval refers to drawings C50A and C60A date stamped as received 8th August 2018. _______________________________________________________________

Interested Person Status

Additional Persons

None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

1.0 SITE - 1.1 Mid terrace dwelling in a conservation area.

2.0 PROPOSAL - 2.1 Four roof lights. One in each side of the pitch roof of the two storey rear extension facing neighbouring properties, two in the lean to roof facing the rear garden. At the time of the site visit 10/10/18 these had already been installed.

3.0 PLANNING POLICY Area Plan for the South - predominately residential Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 General Policy 2 (GP2) Development will be permitted provided that it

• b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the space around them;
• c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape and g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality."

Environment Policy 35 states "Within Conservation Areas, the Department will permit only development which would preserve or enhance the character of appearance of the area, and will ensure that the special features contributing to the character and quality are protected against inappropriate development".

4.0 PLANNING HISTORY 16/00673/B alteration and erection of extension and second floor dormer extension to dwelling permitted. Previous applications not directly relevant. - 5.0 REPRESENTATIONS DOI Highways - NHI (9/7/18) - 6.0 ASSESSMENT The determining factors in this application are the impact on the special character of the conservation area and whether there is any loss of amenities for neighbours.

The site is not directly visible from either the front or rear streets of the conservation area. The windows are in a non-original part of the building. Consequently the proposal results in a neutral impact on the Conservation Area.

Only the two higher level windows 'face' neighbouring properties, even then, given the angle of roof lights, there would be no direct overlooking into neighbouring properties.

- 7.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS

7.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent;
• (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested;
• (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material
• (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and
• (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.

7.2 There are no other interested parties. _____________________________________________________________________

I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 12.10.2018 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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