Decision Notice

Mr Steven Ridgway Close Leece Farm Patrick Road St Johns Isle Of Man IM4 3BR

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Mr Steven Ridgway, Ref 18/00135/B, for the Conversion of existing barn to provide a farm shop (Class 1) and cafe (Class 3) with associated kitchen in association with works approved under 17/00322/B at Close Leece Farm Patrick Road St Johns Isle Of Man IM4 3BR subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

• 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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

• 2. Prior to the commencement of works on the barn conversion hereby approved, a visibility splay of 2.4m by 90m unless otherwise agreed in advance with the Department shall be provided from the existing access to the south of Patrick Road, and the existing access lane widened, as shown on Drawing 3 (Version 2.0) (date-stamped as having been received 6th June 2017). The visibility splay shall be retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interest of highway safety.
• 3. Prior to the car parking and turning areas hereby approved coming into use, the existing access annotated as "historic access now closed" on Drawing 3 (Version 2.0) (datestamped as having been received 6th June 2017) shall be permanently closed. Reason: in the interest of highway safety.
• 4. Prior to the barn conversion element of the application coming into the uses that are hereby approved, each of the parking, turning and manoeuvring areas as shown on Drawing 3 (Version 2.0) and Drawing 4 (Version 2.0) (both date-stamped as having been received 6th June 2017) in respect of PA 17/00322/B shall be provided and shall thereafter

remain permanently clear of obstruction for the purposes of access, manoeuvre and parking.

Reason: in the interest of highway safety.

• 5. The farm shop and café hereby approved shall be for the benefit of Close Leece Farm only and shall not be run independently of the farm.

Reason: to prevent the undesirable establishment of a more general retail use in this countryside location.

• 6. The area of the farm shop shall be as shown on approved Drawing 10 (Version 2.0), date-stamped as having been received 6th June 2017, unless otherwise agreed in advance in writing with the Department.

Reason: to prevent the undesirable establishment of a more general retail use in this countryside location.

• 7. The goods sold from the farm shop hereby approved shall be sourced from produce solely grown or produced on the Isle of Man and seafood products caught off the Isle of Man or processed here and ancillary and complementary items to the use of the building as a farm shop.

Reason: the part of the building shown as farm shop shall not be used for any other purpose within Class 1 of Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification).

This decision relates to drawings 01A and A101 both received on 7th February, 2018.

Date of Issue: 3rd April 2018

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority delegated to them in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument.

Specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain:

•  Payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the Town and Country Planning (Application and Appeal Fees) (No2) Order 2016 (currently £175);
•  The reasons for making the appeal; and
•  An election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation.

An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planningapplications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/

If no appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House.

PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice.