DEC Decision Notice

ZipAddress Ltd Mountain View Innovation Centre Jurby Road Ramsey Isle Of Man IM7 2DZ

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 ZipAddress Ltd, Ref 19/01449/C, for the Change of use to include use classes 2, 3, 4, 5 (excluding light industrial), and 6 at Mountain View Innovation Centre Jurby Road Ramsey Isle Of Man IM7 2DZ .

Any conditions or notes which apply to the approval are set out below. This approval is subject to compliance with any conditions listed and may not be implemented until it becomes final (see guidance notes).

• 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. For the avoidance of doubt approval is hereby given only for the following additional uses (as set out in the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 or equivalent classes of any order which replaces it):

• - Main Film Studio Building - Research & Development excluding light industrial (Use Class 5);
• - Building referred as "Babbages" (Ground Floor) - Food and Drink (Use Class 3) - canteen open to members of the public, financial and professional services (Use Class 2) and offices (Use Class 4);
• - "Babbages" (First Floor) - Financial and professional services (Use Class 2) and offices (Use Class 4); and
• - Existing two storey office block with attached small sound stage/workshop - Financial and professional services (Use Class 2), Offices (Use Class 4), Research & Development excluding light industrial (Use Class 5), and Storage or distribution (Use Class 6).

Reason: The application has been judged and considered acceptable on the basis of the above proposed uses only.

• 3. No visitors/customers shall remain in the existing Film Workshop Building, the Film Studio building and the "Babbages" building outside the following hours 0730hrs till 0000hrs. These times do not apply if the existing buildings are being used for the purposes of the making and/or production of films. Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the area.
• 4. The approval hereby given only allows for the existing Film Studio Workshop, Sound Stage Building and the "Babbages" building being occupied/operated for the users as Civic and Community Halls, Exhibition Halls, Conferences and Training Centres for more than 8 days per month with a maximum duration of 5 consecutive days in a month for one event. Furthermore, only one activity may take place within these buildings at any one time, unless the activities are associated with each other. These periods of use do not apply if the existing buildings are being used for the purposes of the making and/or production of films.

These restriction does not apply for the Use Class 3 (i.e. cafe) of the Town and Country (Permitted Development Order) 2012 (or the equivalent class in any order which replaces it) within the "Babbages" building which will operate as a café open to members of the public. The uses of this section of the building would not account as an "event". However, if it is used for the purposes of Civic and Community Halls, Exhibition Halls, Conferences and Training Centres then the first paragraph of Condition 4 above would apply.

Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the area

This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings reference numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 received on 30th December 2019 and emailed dated 25.06.2020 from the applicants.

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) It is considered the proposed additional uses and additional hours of operation (namely for the events, training, conference uses) would be acceptable and would not have any significant impacts upon public or private amenities and therefore comply with the relevant planning policies referred to within the IOMSP.

Date of Issue: 14th July 2020

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it.

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.

Implementation The decision does not become final until either Any appeal has been concluded; or 21 days have passed since the date on this notice and no appeal has been submitted

Development must progress in accordance with the plans approved under, and any conditions attached to this approval (irrespective of any changes that may separately be requested at the Building Control stage or by any other Statutory Authority). This approval does not remove the need to also comply with any other relevant legislation.

Any conditions requiring certain works, submissions etc. prior to commencement of development must be fulfilled prior to work starting on site. Failure to adhere to this approval and meet the requirements of all conditions may invalidate this approval or result in formal enforcement action.

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.