DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 20/00224/MCH Applicant: Ardlui Limited Proposal: Minor changes application for PA 18/00284/B involving alteration to and creation of windows, shop front and stairwell Site Address: Auldyn House 24 Parliament Street / West Quay Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1AP Planning Officer: Miss Lucy Kinrade Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 21.07.2020 _________________________________________________________________ Notes for Approval Approval is hereby given for all of the changes proposed. ### Plans/Drawings/Information; This application relates to drawing numbers P-01, EX-01 Rev A, P-02 Rev D, P-03 Rev C and P10, and agents supporting statement all date stamped and received 06/03/2020.

Officer’s Report

|Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |---|---|---|---| |Basis of Application|Basis of Application|Basis of Application|Basis of Application| |Only one minor changes application may be made in respect of any particular grant of planning approval.|21(1)|There have been no other minor changes applications in relation to 18/00284/B|Yes| |Must relate to a grant of planning approval in respect of a building|21/2)(a)|Relates to 18/00284/B for changes to an existing building.|Yes| |Must specify what minor changes are being sought and why the applicant considers them to be of a minor nature|21(2)(b)|The agent provides a full explanation in the application form and includes reasons why in a supporting letter. The proposal includes internal and external alterations including the retention of a number of existing windows as well as the installation of new windows as approved as part of 18/00284/B, the retention of the internal stair case and reconfiguration of internal floor spaces, the retention of an existing|Yes|

| | |bin store and removal of an approved entrance, and retention of the existing shopfront to west quay.| | |---|---|---|---| |Cannot increase the number of dwellings or buildings for which planning approval has been granted|21(2)(c)(i)|Remains as one building|Yes| |Cannot increase the net external footprint of a building for which planning approval has been granted|21(2)(c)(ii)|No changes to external footprint|Yes| |Cannot alter the site for which planning approval has been granted and which was defined by a red line on the site location map by changing that line|21(2)(c)(iii)|No changes to red line site|Yes| |Cannot make material changes to the vehicular access arrangements for which planning approval has been granted|21(2)(c)(iv)|No changes to vehicular access|Yes| |Cannot alter the conditions (if any) which have been imposed|21(2)(c)(v)|None considered to be affected as a result of the MCH.|Yes| |Cannot be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired|21(2)(d)|18/00284/B was approved 01/05/2019|Yes| |Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |Application Content|Application Content|Application Content|Application Content| |Application Form|22(3)(a)|Provided|Yes| |Information in Schedule 1:<br><br>• Site location plan (including flood risk assessment)<br>• The planning approval that is the subject of the application<br>• The changes to that approval which are being applied for<br>• An explanation as to why those changes are being applied for;<br>• (if relevant) the site plan, and the plans, elevations and sections of the proposed buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes.<br>|22(3)(a&c)|Site and location plan provided Flood risk assessment provided Has reference parent approval Has set out proposed changes in supporting statement Has provided drawings from parent approval Has provided site plan, elevations and floor plans for proposed minor changes.|Yes| |Document specified on form but not in Schedule 1|22(3)(b)|N/A|N/A| |Fee|22(3)(4)|Dealt with at application validation|Yes| |Such further info as Department may request prior to determination|22(6)|It is not considered any further information is required|Yes| |Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |Determination|Determination|Determination|Determination| |Must not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question|23(1)(a)|Development remains for internal reconfiguration and for external façade and elevation modifications|Yes|

| | |only, there are no minor changes sought for increases to the size or scale of the development.| | |---|---|---|---| |Must not significantly change the nature of the development in question|23(1)(b)|Development remains for single building with internal space remaining as office and one residential apartment|Yes| |Requirement|Source|Analysis|Pass| |Must not result in an approval which, at the time of approval, complied with a Development Plan, National Policy Directive or a Planning Policy Statement, ceasing to do so|23(1)(c)|The application was assessed against Strategic Policies 1 and 2, Environment Policy 35 and General Policy 2 and there have been no changes to the DP,NPD, or PPS since its approval|Yes| |Must not result in new or increased adverse impacts on adjoining or neighbouring properties having a significant or disproportionate impact on the environment (irrespective of whether such impacts might be outweighed by other considerations)|23(1)(d)|The proposal seeks to retain a number of windows already in existing along the side elevation as well as include a number of the windows already approved as part of the parent approval and some with slight modification to their size. The mix of windows will not result in any new or increased adverse impacts beyond what already exists or beyond what already has approval. The changes are contained within the site and not expected to result in any neighbouring impact or any significant or disproportionate impacts on the wider environment. The retention of the existing quay facing shop front coupled with the internal reconfiguration will still maintain an acceptable separate access for the office uses and top floor apartment without resulting in any harmful or disproportionate impacts and suitable bin store provision is to be maintained.|Yes| |Must not be more than minor and to be of a magnitude to warrant a new application|23(1)(e)|Given the scale of the original approved development the proposed minor changes are likely to have an overall negligible impact in terms of general and visual amenity and continue to enable a redundant building in the centre of Ramsey to be brought back into use.|Yes| |Must not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made.|23(1)(e)|See above|Yes| |If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. – is the application considered acceptable?|23(2)|See above|Yes| |Notice of Decision|Notice of Decision|Notice of Decision|Notice of Decision| |Set out whether all, some or no|24(2)(a)|All proposed changes are accepted.|All proposed changes are accepted.|

|changes are accepted (And which is which)| | | |---|---|---| |For any elements refused, the reasons for that.|24(2)(b)|N/A|

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 : 21.07.20 Determining officer

Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management

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