20 April 2012 · Senior Planning Officer (Anthony Holmes)
Bonwick House, Lezayre Road, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 2lu
The proposal involves alterations and extensions to the existing nursery building at Bonwick House on Lezayre Road, Ramsey, to improve nursery, pre-school, and family centre facilities, including a ground floor extension and flat roof dormer.
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The officer assessed the key issues of impact on surrounding area amenity and adjacent properties. Extensions to the main building were judged generally acceptable despite a preference for pitched ove…
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with land-use zoning and other policies if it respects site/surroundings in siting, scale, design; does not adversely affect amenity, character, highways, wildlife, etc. The officer judged GP2 relevant despite the existing family centre use not fully complying with Predominantly Residential zoning in Ramsey Local Plan, finding the proposal acceptable against its criteria including amenity, streetscene, highways, and existing use support.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the alterations and extension to main nursery building and conversion and extension of existing garage to provide an after school club facility, Bonwick House, Lezayre Road, Ramsey as shown by 12/0033/01, 12/0033/02, 12/0033/03, 12/0033/04 and 12/0033/05 all received 15th February 2012.
Use and hours restriction
The approved converted and extended garage must be used only as an after school club and may be used only between 1530hrs and 1815hrs Monday to Friday inclusive. For clarification, no approval is hereby granted to the use of the premises as an after school on Saturdays or Sundays or outside the times stated above.
Occupancy limit
The occupancy of the building approved to be used as an after school club must not exceed 14.
Recommend approval, has no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implications
no objection to the proposal
offer my support to the application, premises must comply with Food Act 1996 and be registered
Ramsey Town Commissioners have no objection but raise concerns over vehicle parking and access, with specific drainage conditions requested; Highways Division recommends approval with no adverse impacts; DEFA Environmental Health supports the application subject to food safety compliance.
Key concern: concern regarding the parking of vehicles whilst dropping off and picking up from the extended facility
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No Objectionwhilst they had no objection to the proposal, they made the following observation; The application site is located on the junction of Lezayre Road and Bircham Avenue and therefore there is concern regarding the parking of vehicles whilst dropping off and picking up from the extended facility; The application should allow for vehicles to access and exit the site safely without the necessity to park on the adjacent roads
Conditions requested: restricting the proposed new building to uses in association with Bonwick House only, so that neither building may be sold off separately; proposed alteration/extension must be connected to the existing drainage system to comply with Building Regulations; if a new connection to the public sewer is required, this must be carried out in a manner acceptable to the Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority; all drainage works must conform to the requirements of the Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority’s “Manx Sewers for Adoption” and all necessary inspections/surveys [including CCTV] are to be carried out at the developer’s expense; NO discharge of surface water (directly or indirectly) from this proposed development to any foul drainage system(s)
Highways Division
Conditional No ObjectionRecommend approval has no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implications
DEFA Environmental Health
SupportI offer my support to the application; The proposed premises must comply with the requirements of the Food Act 1996 (and associated Regulations) and must also be registered with the Department at least 28 days prior to opening
Conditions requested: proposed premises must comply with the requirements of the Food Act 1996 (and associated Regulations) and must also be registered with the Department at least 28 days prior to opening
