A unit at Eden Business Park in Douglas could become a multimedia production and broadcasting studio under a change-of-use application, Isle of Man Today has reported. According to the outlet, the scheme could create six full-time jobs.
The application for Unit F8 has been made by Hartford Homes, the developer of the business park, on behalf of Eden Business Park Ltd, the outlet reported.
The unit would be used for live radio broadcasts, along with sound recording, editing and production. It would also host the technical and administrative work that goes with them, according to Isle of Man Today.
The outlet reported that the planning statement presents the scheme as a way of bringing a specialist media and communications firm to the park while keeping the unit in employment use. The applicant says the broader label of a multimedia production and broadcasting studio describes the planned work more fully than calling it a radio station.
In the statement’s view, the use fits the park because it would provide jobs without any housing, shops or leisure facilities being needed. It says the proposal “supports the fundamental purpose of Eden Park” by offering space for job-creating businesses and putting existing commercial floorspace to use.
The applicant also contends that the studio would sit comfortably alongside the firms and light-industrial operations already on the park. It characterises the scheme as modest in scale and impact, and concludes that it would have “negligible external environmental impacts”, according to the outlet.
Isle of Man Today reported that planners will consider the application in due course.
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