Car Parking Supporting Statement
Supporting Statement Relating to the Provision of Car Parking Associated with this Development
The original Planning Application for the Callow's Yard Development reference PA 05/1539/B was considered at appeal with many matters being discussed. A copy of the Inspectors Report, together with the Department of Local Government and the Environment decision letter is attached for reference.
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The Application relies on the conclusions within the decision notice which concludes:
> "The Minister has considered the report, but does not concur with all of the appointed person's conclusions. However, he does accept that, in essence, the determination of this appeal is a matter of judging whether the conservation and regeneration benefits of the proposal outweigh the adverse effects arising from the absence of parking provision. He also accepts the conclusions, set out in paragraph 76 of the report, that:-
(a) "this development is very desirable in terms of the townscape"; and that (b) "in townscape terms it would be most unfortunate if parking space...was to be provided on site, since the access arrangements would inevitably be out of scale and character with the special nature of the area"
In these circumstances, the Minister has concluded that –
(a) the disadvantages arising from the absence of parking provision are not so great as to outweigh the undoubted advantages of the proposal; and that (b) the expeditious progress of this scheme should not be jeopardised by the obvious difficulty of securing a satisfactory arrangement for off-site parking provision.
Accordingly, he has directed that the appeal should be dismissed and that the Planning Committee's decision approving the application at Review should be confirmed. In so doing, the Minister urges the Department of Transport and Castletown Town Commissioners to continue their investigation and formulation of proposals for resolving the long-term problems associated with parking in the Town in the interest of the local community."
Accordingly, in the absence of any further proposals by the Department of Transport and Castletown Town Commissioners to address adequately the matter of parking within Castletown, the advice in the notice that the provision of on-site car-parking is not required is taken as written.
