DEC Officer Report

Application No.: 22/01277/B Applicant: Mr Michael Sloan Proposal: Form a concrete base and footpath to facilitate the erection of a cycle shelter Site Address: Marown Primary School Glen Darragh Road Glen Vine Isle Of Man IM4 4RD Planning Officer: Miss Lucy Kinrade Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 01.12.2022

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.

The application has an acceptable visual, amenity and highway safety impact and supports wider Government strategies and objectives for active travel and reducing carbon emissions in line with General Policy 2 (b, c, g, h, i and n) of the IOM Strategic Plan 2016.

Plans/Drawings/Information; This approval relates to the following information:

• o Drawing No. 1 Rev 1
• o Drawing No. 2 Rev 1
• o Drawing No. 3 Rev 1
• o Drawing No. GA01
• o Example of 10 space cycle shelter all date received 10/10/2022 And two emails and two attachments from the agent all date received 01/12/2022.

_______________________________________________________________ Interested Person Status – Additional Persons None _____________________________________________________________________________ Officer’s Report THE SITE

1.1 The application site comprises of the buildings and land associated with Marown School, Glen Darragh Road, Glen Vine. Surrounding the school is a large playing field with sports pitches and athletics track marked out, there's also a playground marked out for tennis and netball. - 1.2 At the front of the school is a layby pick up and drop of area. Alongside the school is separate staff car parking was has recently been extended under PA 16/00792/B. THE PROPOSAL

2.1 Proposed now is the installation of a new cycle shelter and associated hardstanding works. PLANNING HISTORY - 3.1 Aforementioned the most relevant application is 16/00792/B for an extension to the car park to provide 19 spaces. PLANNING POLICY AND STATUS - 4.1 The application site is designated as Primary School on the Area Plan for the East 2020. General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 as a basic guide for assessing the proposed development in respect of visual, amenity and highway safety impacts, along with consideration to wider Government Island Plan and strategies and objectives supporting active and sustainable travel.

REPRESENTATIONS Copies of representations received can be viewed on the Government's website. This report contains summaries only.

5.1 Marown Commissioners - no objections (18/11/2022).

5.2 Department of Infrastructure Highway Services - Do not oppose (02/11/2022). - 5.3 No comments received from neighbouring properties.

ASSESSMENT

6.1 Original submitted plans failed to show the car park as extended under 16/00792/B, and so it was unclear as to the exact location of the proposed cycle shelter in relation to the new car park layout and whether it would impact any of the car parking spaces. Additional information submitted by the applicant by email indicates the proposed shelter to be behind the car parking spaces and towards the back of the site. It indicates that the shelter will be pushed back closest to the playing fields and away from the car park to ensure none of car parking is disrupted and that there is suitable space to move bikes in and out of the shelter.

6.2 The location of the shelter would be towards the rear of the site and viewed in context with the existing school building and the car park and is not considered to be an unreasonable level of development and will not create and visual or amenity harm and will not adversely impact highway safety. The cycle shelter is to provide 10 bike spaces and helping to facilitate

wider government strategies and objectives towards active travel and reducing carbon emissions.

CONCLUSION

7.1 For the reasons above the application is considered acceptable and to comply with General Policy 2. INTERESTED PERSON STATUS - 8.1 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 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. 8.2 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: 02.12.2022 Determining officer Signed : J SINGLETON Jason Singleton Principal Planner

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