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 Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Wardsley Ltd, Ref 16/01103/B, for the Erection of multi-purpose building containing three units of commercial use (Classes 1-4), offices, four apartments and three townhouses with associated parking and access. at Albert Road School Albert Road Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1JB 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 development shall be commenced until a hard and soft landscaping scheme has 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; the location of grassed areas; details of the hard surface treatment of the open parts of the site and a programme of implementation.

All landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with the programme agreed in writing with the Department. Any trees or plants indicated on the approved scheme which, within a period of five years from the date of planting, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced during the next planting season with other trees or plants of a species and size to be first approved in writing by the Department.

Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.

• 3. No development above ground floor slab level of any part of the development hereby permitted shall take place until samples of all materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department including (where applicable):

• a) samples of all brick, render and tiling (including details of the colour of render/paintwork to be used);

• b) samples of the proposed windows, blanking panels, doors and balcony treatments; and
• c) samples of all other materials to be used externally, not listed above. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.

• 4. Prior to the occupation of any of the residential units the car parking and footpaths shall be provided and remain free from obstruction thereafter.

Reason: To ensure that the car parking standards are met and are accessible in the interests of highway and pedestrian safety

• 5. The garages provided with the townhouses shall remain free from obstruction and available for the parking of a vehicle associated with occupation.

Reason: To ensure that car parking is provided for the dwellings as required by the strategic plan.

This approval relates to drawing 16/2513-01 and Accompanying Statement both date stamped received 22 September 2016, Flood Risk Assessment Statement dated 29 November 2016 and drawings 16/2513-02 B, 03 B, 04 B, 05 A, 10 A, 11 A and 20 all date stamped received 8 March 2017.

Date of Issue: 4th April 2017

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 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/

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.