27 November 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Anthony Holmes)
Regent House, Promenade, Port Erin, Isle Of Man, IM9 6le
The application sought to vary condition 3 of prior approval 12/00406/C, which permitted change of use of the ground floor of Regent House (a mid-terrace property with residential upper floors) from residential to nursery, but limited hours to 0900-1530 Monday-Friday.
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Objections related more to the principle of the nursery, which already had approval, than to the specific variation; objectors had not commented on the original change of use application.
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in accordance with zoning and other policies if it respects site/surroundings, does not adversely affect residential amenity, highway safety, or character. Site in Tourism/Residential (Port Erin Local Plan 1990) and Predominantly Residential (Modified Draft Area Plan for the South) zones. Assessed acceptable as minor variation to approved use with conditions to protect neighbour amenity from noise.
Extended nursery hours with rear yard restrictions
The approved change of use of the ground floor to a nursery may be used only between 0830hrs and 1600hrs Monday to Friday. For clarification, no approval is hereby granted for the use of the premises as a nursery on Saturday or Sunday or outside the times stated above. Those children attending the nursery shall not use the rear yard identified on the Site Plan date stamped 3rd October 2012 before 0930hrs and after 1500hrs Monday to Friday. All other conditions pursuant to 12/00406/C shall remain applicable.
do not oppose as it has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications. Extended opening hours will not generate additional traffic and minimum disruption at peak times.
Approved
Highways Division and Port Erin Commissioners raised no objections to the application, while neighbouring holiday apartment owners objected due to noise concerns from children playing.
Key concern: noise from children playing disturbing holiday guests due to echoing yard
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications; The extended opening hours will not generate additional traffic and minimum disruption at peak times
Port Erin Commissioners
Supportthe application has been Approved
Kittiwake House Holiday Apartments
ObjectionWe did not object to the first application but in practise hope you can appreciate our concerns if hours are varied to 08.30-4pm; noise from the children out playing at 9.30am in the morning. This disturbed Susans (Seafront) paying guests; at the rear of our properties is a large entry and with all the tall Victorian buildings etc it is like an echo chamber
Conditions requested: restrict children let out to play not before 10.30-11am and not after 3pm
Seafront Holiday Flats
ObjectionI did not realise that the children would be, playing games amid Wendy houses and large Plastic trikes on the concrete area outside in the yard; The area outside where the children play echoes, and sound bounces off the walls; to extend the hours where they can arrive & play out earlier, and leave & play out later can only make a bad situation worse
