17 December 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
1, Snaefell View, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3bf
Mr Lee Copeland proposed erecting a detached garage measuring 8m long, 6m wide, and 5.1m high with an attic store over it, plus a driveway extension, in the rear garden of his two-storey semi-detached house at 1 Snaefell View, Jurby. The garage would be built just 0.2m from the shared timber fence with No.
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The officer assessed that the garage's scale (8x6m footprint, almost matching the house's 5x9m, 5.1m height), sited 0.2m from the neighbour's timber fence and protruding 4.1m above it, would appear ov…
General Policy 2
GP2 permits development in residential zoning if it respects the site and surroundings in terms of siting, layout, scale, form, design (b), does not adversely affect character of locality (c), and does not adversely affect amenity of local residents (g). The officer tested the garage's scale (8x6m, 5.1m high), proximity (0.2m to boundary, 4.1m above fence), and form against these criteria, finding it overbearing and failing amenity/character tests despite matching materials.
no objections provided that the garage is used for the storage of motorcycles only, as there would not be sufficient width to create an access for a car by the side of the dwelling
Jurby Parish Commissioners raised no objections subject to the garage being used for motorcycle storage only due to access constraints; a neighbouring resident objected strongly on grounds of excessive size, privacy loss, light reduction, and noise from workshop activities.
Key concern: excessive size and workshop use inappropriate for residential estate
Miss R Harvey
Objectionthis is not a ‘hobby garage’ this is a workshop; the size of this build will cut out all or of most of the sun in my house and garden; noise of a motorbike workshop basically in my garden, just under my bedroom window
Jurby Parish Commissioners
Conditional No Objectionhave no objections to the proposal provided that the garage is used for the storage of motorcycles only, as there would not be sufficient width to create an access for a car by the side of the dwelling
Conditions requested: the garage is used for the storage of motorcycles only
