Decision Notice

McGarrigle Architects Ltd 19 Mount Havelock Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 2QG

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 The International Centre For Technology Ltd, Ref 16/00678/B, for the Creation of a car and coach parking facility with associated lighting, construction of additional passing places and a new road access and upgrading of existing track to an access road at The Nunnery Old Castletown Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 1QB 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. No works or development shall take place until a detailed planting specification prepared in accordance with BS8545:2014 (Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The planting shall be carried out as approved.

Reason: To ensure that tree cover in area is maintained and that the trees planted successfully establish, grow with good vigour and cause minimal nuisance and conflict in the future.

• 3. No works or development shall take place until the protective fencing detailed in the Tree Survey Report prepared by Prescott Associates is installed in full in accordance with each phase of car park construction and an Arboricultural Method Statement ('AMS') has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The AMS should demonstrate how construction activity within Root Protection Areas, identified in Prescott Associates drawing PL404-04, will take place without having a detrimental impact on the trees to be retained, referring to the choice of surface materials to be used. The tree protection measures and AMS will be implemented in full and be subject to supervision by a suitably qualified tree specialist. This condition may only be fully discharged on completion of the development subject to satisfactory written evidence of contemporaneous supervision and monitoring of the tree protection and construction methods by a suitably qualified tree specialist being supplied to the Department.

• Reason: To safeguard trees to be retained, maintaining tree cover and protecting the visual amenity value, heritage and biodiversity value of individual trees.
• 4. No works or development in the areas relating to the trees affected by the following works shall take place until a full schedule of pruning work, including the trees to be crown lifted around the edge of the proposed car park, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The schedule should include pruning specifications prepared in accordance with the recommendations of BS3998:2010 (Tree Work - Recommendations). The pruning shall be carried out as agreed.

Reason: To safeguard trees registered under the Tree Preservation Act 1993 and ensure that the pruning work that is proposed will not have a detrimental impact upon the health of the trees, maintaining tree cover and protecting the visual amenity, heritage and biodiversity value of individual trees.

• 5. The car park must be created in accordance with the phasing plan shown in drawing CP P-03A with the passing places shown in this drawing along with the advisory signage, provided as part of phase one. No development on the second phase may commence until such times as the Department has approved a transport plan which demonstrates that a safe and suitable access strategy can accommodate the traffic which may be generated by the proposed development on the site. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
• 6. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development in accordance with the phasing. Any trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials that have been planted as part of the landscaping scheme which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Reason: The mitigation planting is an essential part of the development.

This approval relates to drawings CP P-01 and CP P-02 received on 15th June, 2016, CP P03A received on 29th September, 2016, the Nunnery Proposed Car Park Lighting report received 15th June, 2016 and drawings PL404-02 and PL404-04 of Prescott Associates Tree Survey and Report received on 15th June, 2016.

Date of Issue: 20th October 2016

Interim Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

This permission refers only to that required 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 2015 (currently £170);
•  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/

The proposed development must not be commenced until either;

•  The time for requesting an appeal has expired; or
•  Any appeal has been determined;

Whichever is the later.

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.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is now 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

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.