24 June 2014 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control
7, Patrick Street, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1bp
The proposal at 7 Patrick Street, Peel, involves erecting a detached garage (6.7m x 4.2m, flat roof, sandstone front facing the public car park, render sides) forming the rear boundary wall, and rebuilding a single-storey rear outlet with lean-to roof against the shared boundary with No. 5.
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The officer assessed the garage's impact on the Peel Conservation Area, noting its sandstone facing matches the existing boundary wall and improves upon unattractive nearby garages, thus not adversely…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site surroundings in siting, scale, design; not adversely affect townscape character, neighbour amenity, or highway safety. Officer tested garage and outlet against criteria b, c, g, h, i, finding them compliant due to matching materials, sufficient separation from neighbours, and no control over off-site parking.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving or enhancing Conservation Area character. Officer assessed garage's sandstone cladding and boundary integration as not harmful, enhancing over existing garages, with low-visibility outlet having no adverse impact.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
do not oppose but note that the rear public car park is Peel Commissioners' and current spaces would not meet today's standards
do not object
Peel Town Commissioners confirmed no objection to the application. Highways initially recommended refusal due to inadequate manoeuvrability in the car park but later changed to no objection following amended plans.
Key concern: The proposed repositioning of the car park spaces would result in inadequate manoeuvrability space between those and the parking spaces opposite.
Peel Town Commissioners
No ObjectionI can confirm that the Peel Town Commissioners do not object to this planning application PA14/00041/B.
Highways Division
ObjectionRecommend Refusal; The proposed repositioning of the car park spaces would result in inadequate manoeuvrability space between those and the parking spaces opposite.
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; The rear public car park is the property of Peel Commissioners. The current size and manoeuvrability between car parking spaces would not meet today’s standards.
