15 July 2013 · Planning Committee
Ballapaddag, Cooil Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 2af
The proposal involves building a single-storey commercial structure with mezzanine within the established Robinson's Fresh Foods and Eden Park Garden Centre complex on land designated as open space/agricultural in the 1991 Braddan Parish Plan.
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The officer noted the proposal is an evolution of previous approvals (04/02316/B, 08/01273/B, 09/01600/B), with the current scheme not significantly different from the extant 09/01600/B approval but f…
General Policy 2
Requires developments to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, avoid adverse impacts on amenity/landscape/highways/habitats, provide safe access/parking, and more. Officer assessed the proposal complies overall given limited scale/impact relative to existing larger buildings, distance from residences, no highway issues, and improved design; site's established use justified departure from zoning.
Business Policy 5
Restricts retailing on industrial land unless items too large for town centres or produced on-site without severing from business, without harming town centre vitality. Site not zoned industrial (agricultural/open space) but analogous approach applied; floristry club/learning justified as related to on-site goods like BP5(b), not detracting from town centres, after clarifying no direct public retail.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in full accordance with the following plans PA-01 REV A, PA-02 REV A, PA-03, PA-04 REV A, PA-05 REV A, PA06 and PA-07 REV A received on 30th April 2013, 4th June 2013 and 4 July 2013.
Use restriction
Unless permitted by any subsequent planning approval the buildings hereby approved shall be used only in accordance with the submitted planning application for i) the operation of a floristry club; ii) a floristry learning centre for members of floral clubs and trainee florists; iii) a central make-up area for floral goods; iv) a packaging and distribution centre for on-island deliveries; and v) an internet sales centre.
no objection to the proposal
does not oppose this development
make no comments to the merits of the application but ask for an informative note to be attached to any approval
Braddan Parish Commissioners had no comments on the application; Manx Electricity Authority requested contact due to nearby cables/overhead lines; Highways Traffic Engineer confirmed no adverse traffic impact.
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No CommentThe Commissioners had no comments to make on the following applications:; PA13 00514 - H Richmond Ltd - Erection of a building to provide pack house and forestry centre) comprising amendments to PA09 01608) - Robinson's Ballapaddag Cooil Road Braddan
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThere are Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area indicated in you Planning Application. Please contact our Network Operations Department, Manx Electricity Authority, (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around Cables and Overhead Lines which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site.; The Authority wish to express their interest in the following planning applications, and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority.
Conditions requested: a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact the M.E.A. for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents, (Tel. 687766), before any work is carried out on site
Highways Traffic Engineer
No ObjectionNo adverse traffic impact
