Officer Planning Report Recommendation

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Officer's Report

THE APPLICATION SITE AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT The application site comprises the curtilage of a detached dwelling that is located adjacent to Church Road in Lonan. The proposed development comprises of the erection of a single storey orangery onto the dwelling. PLANNING HISTORY

The dwelling has been the subject of a number of previous planning applications that granted approval to alter and extend it, which has resulted in the current form of the dwelling.

REPRESENTATIONS Lonan Parish Commissioners recommend that the planning application be approved. The Manx Electricity Authority requests that an informative note be attached to any approval decision notice. PLANNING POLICY

The relevant local plan is the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan. The application site is not designated for any specific purpose under this plan and effectively constitutes a house in the countryside. There are no polices within the plan that I consider relevant to the assessment of this planning application.

ASSESSMENT

Relative to the size of the dwelling and its detached position I consider the level of alteration and extension to be acceptable. The dwelling is already of a rather unique design and it seems to me that the design of the proposal takes this into account. I do not consider there to be any undue adverse impacts on public or private amenity arising from the proposed development.

I recommend that the planning application be approved.

Party Status

I consider that the all parties that made representations to the planning application meet the criteria of Government Circular 1/06 and should be afforded interested party status.

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted

Date of Recommendation: 18.07.2006

Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals

C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2. This approval relates to the location plan, the site plan and drawing no.s 001, 002, 003, 004, MF5055-2, MF5055-7 and MF5055-8 date stamped the 12th June 2006.

NOTE MEA underground/overhead cables.

I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular Nos 44/05 (Delegation of Functions to Director of Planning and Building Control) and 47/05 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer)

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 20/7/06

Signed : M. I. McCauley Director of Planning and Building Control