15 April 2010 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Mountain View, Bride Road, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4as
The proposal was for a modest pitched roof porch extension to the southern elevation of the dwelling at Mountain View in Bride, a rural area south of Bride Village. The porch measures 4.7 metres wide, 3.6 metres deep and 3.4 metres to ridge height.
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The main issue was the visual appearance of the proposal from public view, assessed against Housing Policy 16 which states 'The extension of non-traditional dwellings or those of poor or inappropriate…
Housing Policy 16
Requires that extensions to non-traditional dwellings or those of poor or inappropriate form will not generally be permitted where this would increase the impact of the building as viewed by the public. The officer noted the dwelling's previous extensions had not benefited its visual appearance, so tested the porch against this. It was found compliant as the modest porch on the southern elevation is completely screened from public view by substantial existing landscaping along the highway boundary.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the erection of a porch to dwelling house as proposed in the submitted documents and drawings REF 1, REF 2, REF 3, REF 4, REF 5, all received on 5th February 2010 and REF 6 and REF 7 received on 1st April 2010.
Materials matching
The external finishes of the extension must match those of the existing building in all respects.
Roof materials
The roof(s) must be finished in dark natural slate.
No objection
Do not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Highways Division and Bride Commissioners both raised no objections to application 10/00146/B for erection of a porch at Mountain View, Pinfold Hill, Bride.
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Bride Commissioners
No ObjectionThere were no objections to the Planning Application 10/00146/B Mountain View Erection of Porch
