20 April 2009 · Planning Committee
16 - 18 Finch Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 2pt
The proposal involved renovating the existing two-storey former dwelling (now offices, Registered Buildings RB98 and RB99) at 16-18 Finch Road, Douglas, with a substantial four-storey rear extension (basement/lower ground projecting 29.5m rear x 16.2m wide, stepping back to first floor 20.2m x 13.9m, with terraces), a …
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Officers assessed the proposal against RB/5 of PPS1/01 and ENV32 of Strategic Plan 2007, requiring justification for extensions to registered buildings and presumption against those detrimentally affe…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect local character. Assessed acceptable by Committee despite officer concerns over scale in sensitive registered building context; principal elevation preserved.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions detrimentally affecting registered building character. Officers found rear extension's scale/obscuring harmful; Committee accepted contrasting modern design with justification/amendments as not detrimental overall.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards (1/50sqm office). Proposal provides 38 spaces vs 22 required for 1123sqm, satisfactory surplus.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the renovations, erection of extensions and construction of a new car park to replace existing to rear as shown in drawing numbers SC1079-P-10-00, SC1079-P-10-04 and SC1079-P-12-02 date stamped 6th August 2008, SC1079-P-10-01 Rev B, SC1079-P-10-02 Rev B, SC1079-P-10-03 Rev B, SC1079-P-11-01 Rev B, SC1079-P-12-01 Rev B and Justification of Need prepared by Savage and Chadwick date stamped 16th February 2009, and SC1079-P-11-02 Rev A date stamped 20th February 2009.
Plans compliance
The proposed development shall be carried out in strict conformity with the approved plans.
Access construction
No extension hereby permitted shall be occupied until the vehicular and pedestrian means of access have been constructed in accordance with the approved plans. Those means of access shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purpose.
Car parking provision
No extension hereby permitted shall be occupied until the car parking and manoeuvring areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans, and those areas shall thereafter be kept available at all times for their respective purposes.
Materials approval
No development shall take place until samples of the facing and roofing materials to be used shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority and these works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
No objection in principle subject to sewer connection, surface water details, attenuation if needed
Do not oppose
No objection
Douglas Corporation and Department of Transport Highways have no objection to the proposals. Constabulary and Drainage raise concerns about security and drainage details requiring conditions.
Key concern: potential for criminal and anti-social behaviour in unsecured multi-level car park
Douglas Corporation
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.
Douglas Corporation
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.
Isle of Man Constabulary Architectural Liaison Officer
Conditional No ObjectionI would therefore strongly recommend that consideration be given to securing the parking levels by the inclusion of gating at the entrance to each parking level to prevent unauthorised access and minimise the site's potential vulnerability.
Conditions requested: securing the parking levels by the inclusion of gating at the entrance to each parking level to prevent unauthorised access
Douglas Borough Drainage
Conditional No Objectionhas no objection in principle to the above application subject to the following:-
Conditions requested: Details of the drainage layout must be provided to the Borough of Douglas Drainage Department for approval, prior to any work commencing; There must be NO discharge of surface water (directly or indirectly) from this proposed development to any foul drainage system(s)
Douglas Borough Drainage
Conditional No ObjectionNo Objection in Principle subject to:-
Conditions requested: The proposed development must be connected to the public sewer(s). Full details of the foul and surface water disposal routes to be submitted; If ground conditions are not suitable for soakaway, further discussion is required; If s/w is piped, to comply with the DoT ‘Manx Sewers for Adoption’ s/w must be attenuated on the proposed site, allowing for a maximum discharge of 7 l/s/h
Department of Transport Highways
No ObjectionDo not oppose
Andrew Jessopp
No CommentThe proposal doesn't exactly enhance the rear elevations of the building, but given that they are on the rear it is unlikely to wholly offend ENV 32.
