DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 22/00791/B Applicant: Mr & Mrs Alan Desmond Proposal: Alterations including rendering, replacement roofing with installation of velux roof lights Site Address: 1 Frederick Street Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 2EY Planning Officer: Mr Peiran Shen Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 26.07.2022

Conditions and Notes for Approval

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions C 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. This application is considered to comply with General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan.

Plans/Drawings/Information; This approval relates to the documents and drawing no. SM22/578/1 date stamped as having been received on 17th June 2022. _______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________

Officer’s Report

1.0 THE SITE - 1.1 The site is "Rainbows Ends", Frederick Street, Douglas, a mixed-storey building located on the southwest corner of Strand Street and Fredrick Street. It has a two-storey pitched-roof building connecting with a single-storey mono-pitched-roof building.

2.0 THE PROPOSAL - 2.1 The proposed is the replacement of the existing pitched roof with a mono-pitched roof with rooflights.

3.0 PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 There is no previous application considered materially relevant to this application.

4.0 PLANNING POLICY Site Specific - 4.1 The site is within an area designated as Mixed Use (Strand Street) in the Area Plan for the East. - 4.2 There is no known planning restrain overlapping with this site. Strategic Policy - 4.3 the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 contains the following policies that are considered materially relevant to the assessment of this current planning application:

• o Strategic Policy 5
• o General Policy 2 (b), (c), (g), (m), (n)
• o Community Policy 7, 10 and 11

PPS and NPD

4.4 There is no Planning Policy Statement or National Policy Directive applicable to this application.

5.0 OTHER MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS Strategy and Guidance - 5.1 There is no strategy or guidance considered materially relevant to this application.

6.0 REPRESENTATIONS - 6.1 Douglas Borough Council has no objection to this application (08.07.2022). - 6.2 DoI Highway Services does not object to this application (06.07.2022). The comment states that there is "no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network efficiency and/or parking."

7.0 ASSESSMENT Elements of Assessment - 7.1 The key considerations in the determination of the application are its impact on the property itself and on the character and streetscene of the Area. Design of the Property Itself - 7.2 It is considered that the proposal would not have a negative impact on the design of the building. Character and Streetscene - 7.3 It is considered that the proposal would not have a negative impact on the character and streetscene of the area Therefore, the design is considered acceptable.

- 8.0 CONCLUSION

8.1 The proposal is considered to comply with General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan. Therefore, it is recommended for an approval.

9.0 INTEREST PERSON STATUS - 9.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons:

• (a) the applicant (including an agent acting on their behalf);
• (b) any Government Department that has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (c) the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure;
• (d) Manx National Heritage where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (e) Manx Utilities where it has made written representations that the Department considers material;
• (f) the local authority in whose district the land which the subject of the application is situated; and
• (g) a local authority adjoining the authority referred to in paragraph (f) where that adjoining authority has made written representations that the Department considers material.

9.2 The decision-maker must determine:

• o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and
• o whether there are other persons to those listed above who should be given Interested Person Status.

I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status.

Decision Made : Permitted Date: 28.07.2022 Determining officer

Signed : C BALMER Chris Balmer Principal Planner

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