5 March 2026 · Delegated - Principal Planner (A MORGAN, Interim Director of Planning and Building Control)
The Friary Apartments, Main Road, Ballabeg, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 4ha
The proposal involves the additional use of the upper floors (first and second floors) of The Friary Apartments, a three-storey building on Main Road in Ballabeg, as a self-contained residential dwelling, changing from existing tourist accommodation.
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The officer determined that the impact on neighbouring amenity would be the same whether the upper floors were used for permanent residential or tourist accommodation, concluding there is no demonstra…
Strategic Policy 1
Requires efficient use of land and resources. The officer assessed the proposal as aligning with this as the residential use fits within the Ballabeg settlement boundary and Predominantly Residential zoning on the Area Plan for the South.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Gives priority for new development to identified towns and villages. The site is within Ballabeg settlement, making residential use appropriate in principle.
Housing Policy 4
New housing primarily in existing towns and villages or sustainable extensions. The proposal aligns as the site is within the Ballabeg settlement boundary.
Housing Policy 15
Pertinent to housing in suitable locations; officer cited alongside others as the proposal causes no harm and fits zoning.
Housing Policy 16
Pertinent to housing provisions; supports approval with no demonstrable harm to amenity or highways.
Business Policy 13
Permits residential properties as tourist accommodation if no compromise to neighbours; inversely, residential use in mixed area with existing tourist/residential history causes similar amenity impact.
Transport Policy 7
Parking standards not met, but acceptable as demand similar to prior tourist approval and Highway Services confirm no highway safety issues.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as the proposals would have a similar parking and pedestrian demand to the existing situation
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