Decision Notice

Kelly Lewthwaite Building Design 23 Market Street Douglas IM1 2PA

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 Martin & Mrs Maria Marlow, Ref 16/00554/B, for the Part demolition, part retention and alterations to building to provide ancillary accommodation and garaging (retrospective) at Ard Na Mara Quines Hill Port Soderick Isle Of Man IM4 1BA subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any) :

• 1. Within one year from the date of this decision notice the works to the building shown on drawing no WL/13/1296/2C shall be finished.

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. Within 2 months of this decision notice a sample panel of the proposed stone facing to be used has been erected on site and approved in writing by the Department. The approved sample panel shall be kept on site for reference until the development is completed. The works shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details and thereafter retained. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
• 3. Within 4 months of this decision notice a scheme for landscaping of the existing car park area as shown on drawing WL/13/1296/2C dated 28 September 2016 shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department.

Such a scheme shall include details of all walls, fences, trees, hedgerows and other planting which are to be retained; details of all new walls, fences and other boundary treatment and finished ground levels; a planting specification to include numbers, density, size, species and positions of all new trees and shrubs; the location of grassed areas and any details of the hard surface treatment of the open parts of the site and a programme of implementation.

Prior to first occupation/use of the development hereby permitted, all landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and thereafter retained unless otherwise agreed by the Department.

Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development and in the interest of the visual amenities of the area.

• 4. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the scheme of landscaping approved under Condition 3 shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the first occupation/use of the building or the completion of the development or approved implementation programme, whichever is the sooner; and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Department gives written consent to any variation.

Reason: To enhance the appearance of the development in the interest of the visual amenities.

• 5. The building hereby approved shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the dwelling known as Ard Na Mara House. Reason: Due to the proposed uses and in the interests of clarity.
• 6. Within one month of the date of this decision, or to a programme otherwise agreed with the Department, the shipping container as shown on WL/13/1296/2C, date stamped 28 September 2016, shall be permanently removed from the site.

Reason: To ensure the proper removal of the container as it is no longer required and in the interests of character and appearance of the area.

This approval relates to drawing nos WL/13/1296/1, 3A, 4A and Planning Statement all date stamped received 16 May 2016 and Additional Information Letter date stamped received 23 September and drawing WL/13/1296/2C and Additional Information date stamped received 28 September 2016.

Date of Issue: 1st November 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.