23 February 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer
17, Copse Hill, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1nd
The proposal involves extending the rear bedrooms of an existing detached bungalow to create a new lounge, kitchen, and breakfast area (7.9m long x 5m wide x 4.6m high) with white uPVC windows and matching render, plus a side utility room extension (4.35m x 2.8m x 5.4m ridge height).
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The officer assessed the proposal against the residential zoning and General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007, which permits development respecting site, surroundings, scale, design, an…
General Policy 2
Requires development in residential zoning to respect siting, scale, design, amenity, road safety, and surroundings without adverse impacts. Officer tested rear and side extensions against criteria (b), (c), (g), (h), (i), finding matching form/materials, no dominance, limited neighbour impact, and precedents ensure compliance. No tensions noted.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to the submitted drawings H/42/1, H/42/2 and H/42/3 all received on 14th January, 2009.
Obscure glazing
The windows to be formed in the north west facing and south east facing elevations of the extension shall only be glazed or re-glazed with obscure glass.
Matching materials
No facing and roofing materials shall be used other than materials similar to those used on the existing building.
Do not oppose
No objection
No objection in principle subject to no discharge of surface water to foul drainage systems
Douglas Corporation Building Control, Douglas Borough Drainage, and Department of Transport Highways all raised no objection to application 09/00050/B for alterations and extensions at 17 Copse Hill, with Drainage requesting a specific condition on surface water discharge. A neighbour (C Pritchard) objected due to visual impact concerns.
Douglas Corporation Building Control
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.
Douglas Borough Drainage
Conditional No Objectionhas no objection in principle to the above application subject to the following; It should be noted that it is an offence under Manx legislation to permit the discharge of polluting or harmful matter to any public sewers or watercourses.
Conditions requested: There must be NO discharge of surface water (directly or indirectly) from this proposed development to any foul drainage system(s) so as to comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport, Drainage Division and the Sewerage Act 1999.; In the event that this application is approved I should be grateful if these comments could be incorporated in the approval notice.
Department of Transport Highways
No ObjectionDo not oppose
