DEC Decision Notice

Ellis Brown 12 Strathallan Crescent Queens Promenade Douglas IM2 4NR

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 subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to REFUSE an application by Mrs Anna Kawalek, Ref 18/01300/A, for the Approval in principle to replace existing Hotel with five detached dwellings with off street parking at Groudle Glen Hotel King Edward Road Onchan Isle Of Man IM3 2JY for the following reason(s):

• 1. The erection of five dwellings on this site would represent an unwarranted development in the Island's countryside and would be contrary to both the land use provisions of the Area Plan for the East 2020 and General Policy 3, Environment Policy 1 and Housing Policy 4 of the Island Strategic Plan 2016.
• 2. The demolition of Groudle Glen Hotel which is a Registered Building given its established historical importance/interest and age and rarity to facilitate the development is considered wholly unacceptable and contrary to Environment Policy 10 and Strategic Policy 4 of the Island Strategic Plan 2016.
• 3. The demolition of Groudle Glen Hotel would result in the loss of the building having substantial connections with the MER and The Groudle Glen Railway as well being a tourist attraction on its own contrary to Transport Policy 3.
• 4. From the information submitted the Department considered the creation of five dwellings on this site would represent an overdevelopment of the site which would adversely affect the countryside/area setting and visual amenities of the area as a whole and Groudle Glen and therefore contrary to Environment Policy 1.
• 5. There is insufficient information to demonstrate that ten off road parking spaces can be provided within the curtilage of each dwelling or that each parking space has or can have the required visibility splay and therefore the proposal would be likely to undermine highway safety contrary to Transport Policy 4 & 7 of the Isle Of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 22nd December 2020

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Director of Planning and Building Control in accordance with the authority delegated to them.

This decision refers only to that applied for under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services www.gov.im/Viewapplications) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

Appeal Any appeal must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain:

•  the grounds for making the appeal;
•  payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £285); and
•  election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation.

Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated.

An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal

If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. Please note that if the counter copy of the application is not collected within thirty days following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyed without further notice.