20 January 2009 · Acting Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Laundry Rooms St Pauls Apartments, St Pauls Square, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1le
The proposal sought to change 11 studio apartments within St Pauls Apartments in Ramsey town centre from tourist use to permanent residential (bedsit) use, with no external alterations or increase in size. The site is in a mixed-use town centre area under the Ramsey Local Plan.
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The officer noted the proposal involves no external alterations and no increase in apartment size, describing the change from tourist to permanent residential as 'modest' given the studio scale likely…
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with land use zoning and other criteria including siting, scale, amenity of residents, highways safety, and no adverse impacts on character or traffic. Officer assessed the change of use as compatible with town centre mixed-use zoning; no physical changes meant no issues with scale, design, or landscape/townscape; parking clarification addressed highway concerns; concluded no significant harmful impacts.
Time limit
The use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time.
Approved plans
This approval relates to apartments 243 - 253 (Inclusive) defined within the red line on drawing no. 08/0446/1 date stamped the 7th October 2008.
No objection
No objection to the proposal
Tourism Directorate objected to the loss of tourist accommodation citing impacts on the Island's economy under the Tourist Act 1975; Highways deferred pending parking information; Environmental Health and Ramsey Town Commissioners raised no objections with advice on registration.
Key concern: loss of tourist accommodation impacting the economy
Tourism Directorate
ObjectionUnder the provisions of the Tourist Act 1975, this Department has a duty to maintain, encourage, develop, protect, promote and facilitate tourism in, to and from the Island to the best advantage of the Island (Tourist Act 1975 SS 1 and 2).; The Tourist Industry still makes a significant contribution to the Island’s economy and in the current economic climate we must strive to preserve and enhance the assets we have.
Highways Division
No CommentDefer; Awaiting further information on parking/No of bedrooms
Environmental Health Officer
No ObjectionCurrently the Apartments are registered exclusively for tourist use. The applicant is advised to apply for the premises to be registered for permanent use.
Conditions requested: The proposed flats must, on completion of the proposed works, comply with the requirements of the Housing (Flats) Regulations 1982 and be registered thereafter under the same Regulations
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners considered the above application at their meeting on Wednesday 19th November, 2008 and have no objection to the proposal.
Tourism Directorate
ObjectionI am confirming that we have no further comments to make in the light of the amended application but that the initial comment made by Mr R P Corkhill still stands.
