Planning Officer Report

Case Officer: Mr Jamie Leadbeater Photo Taken: 09.05.2012 Site Visit: 09.05.2012 Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation

Officer's Report

The Application Site

1. The application site is the curtilage of an industrial unit on Tromode Industrial Estate off Carrs Lane in Onchan. The building on the site has two storeys and has a pitched roof. The ground floor is finished in cream facing-brick whilst the first floor is finished in galvanised corrugated steel cladding. The west-facing side elevation has a 'gable end' which faces the highway. The gable end contains a door and two rectangular windows at ground floor level. The adjoining north-facing elevation features two large garage doors and windows at first floor level.

The Proposal

1. Proposed is the installation of 2 display windows in the west-facing gable-end of the industrial unit. One window will be installed at ground floor level and the other directly above it at first floor level. Each window will be constructed from white uPVC fames, which will be 2.7 metres wide and 1.8 metres high.

Planning History

1. The application site has not been the subject of any previous planning applications which are considered specifically material to the assessment of this current planning application.

Planning Policy

1. The application site falls within an area of land designated for Industrial use in the Onchan Local Plan 2000. There is one policy within Planning Circular 1/2000, the written statement that accompanies the local plan that is considered specifically material to the assessment of the planning application. Policy O/I/P/3 states:

"Where land is designated for industry, the accepted use of this land will be for light industrial purposes as is defined in the 1982 Development Plan Order: that is –

Application No.:	12/00583/B
Applicant:	Clucas Plc
Proposal:	Installation of two display windows
Site Address:	Unit 12A Tromode Estate Carrs Lane Tromode Douglas Isle Of Man IM4 4QD

light industrial building (not being a special industrial building in which the processes carried on or the machinery installed are such as could be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of the area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit or undue generation or traffic or parking of vehicles (Part 1, paragraph 2 – page 2)".

1. The Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 contains one policy that is considered specifically material to the assessment of this current planning application. General Policy 2 states:

"Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:

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

Representations

1. Onchan District Commissioners recommend that the application is approved.

Assessment

1. The proposed windows are considered to enhance the appearance and character of the property without adversely affecting the street-scene or the amenity of neighbouring buildings. As such, the proposal complies with the relevant provisions of General Policy 2 in the Isle of Man Strategic Plan and is therefore considered acceptable.

Recommendation

1. It is recommended that the planning application be approved.

Party Status

1. It is considered that the following parties that made representations to the planning application should be afforded interested party status:

The local authority, Onchan District Commissioners are, by virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005, paragraph 6 (5)(d), considered "interested persons" and as such should be afforded party status.

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted

Date of Recommendation: 29.05.2012

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals

C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2. This approval relates to the installation of a display window at both ground floor and first floor level on the west-facing elevation, as shown in drawing no. 1664/08/P01, received on 18 April 2012.

I confirm that this decision accords with the appropriate Government Circular delegating functions to Director of Planning and Building Control / Development Control Manager/ Senior Planning Officer.

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 30.5.12

Determining officer (delete as appropriate)

Signed : _________________________ Anthony Holmes Senior Planning Officer

Signed : _________________________ Michael Gallagher Director of Planning and Building Control

Signed : 82200000 Sarah Corlett Senior Planning Officer

Signed : _________________________ Jennifer Chance Development Control Manager