Decision Notice

Quay Design Ltd. 5 The Quay Port St Mary IM9 5EA

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 REFUSE an application by Ballacreggan Farms Ltd, Ref 16/01283/B, for the Conversion of existing mill building to single dwelling with associated parking at Ballakindry Mill Ballagawne Road Ballabeg Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 4PD for the following reason(s):

• 1. The building the subject of the application is of architectural and historic interest. The manner of its proposed conversion would fail to re-establish the original appearance of the building where it is clearly desirable so to do. The application is therefore contrary to Housing Policy 11 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• 2. The application fails to quantify the proposed development's impact on trees that form such an integral part of the natural character of the area. Accordingly, the application is contrary to Environment Policy 3 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• 3. The application fails to provide sufficient information on which to conclude that it would be acceptable from a highway safety point of view, contrary to parts (h) and (i) of General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• 4. The application fails to provide sufficient information on which to conclude that it would be acceptable in terms of its impacts on protected species, contrary to Environment Policy 4 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 10th January 2017

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.

This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Whilst a copy of the Officer’s report is included alongside this notice, any wider 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

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 £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/

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.