DEC 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 J Qualtrough & Co Ltd, Ref 18/01084/B, for the Installation of a roller shutter door to side elevation of building and installation of gates within boundary fence at Unit 9 And Builders Merchant Yard Hills Meadow Industrial Estate Douglas Isle Of Man 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 commence until details of the design of the external gate to be constructed onto Hills Meadow Industrial Estate including materials to be used in its construction, and external finishes have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. 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.
• 3. The access hereby approved shall be set back from the highway sufficient to avoid impeding traffic and employ gates that open inward onto the site. The surface of the access measured back from the carriageway shall be properly consolidated/surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

This decision relates to the following 1:1250 Location Plan - Drawing No.3; 1:500 Scale Block Plan - Drawing No. 4; Plans as Existing and Photographs, Drawing No.1 & Plan as Proposed with Photographs- Drawing No.2 submitted in support of this application, dated stamped and received on 17th October 2018.

Date of Issue: 1st March 2019

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority delegated to them.

All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is 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 This decision refers only to that applied for 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 £175);
•  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.