DEC Decision Notice

Ray Corkhill Flat 2 8 Fort William Head Road Douglas IM1 5BQ

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 David Salkeld, Ref 19/00475/C, for the Temporary use of adjoining field as a camp site with associated toilets and parking for the duration of the week before the TT festival until a week after the IOM Festival of Motorcycling at Perk Cottage Knock Froy Road Santon Isle Of Man IM4 1JD for the following reason(s):

• 1. The site is not designated for development on the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) Order 1982: rather, it is identified as being within an area of High Landscape Value and Scenic Significance. The proposed camp site - its tents, motorhomes, parked vehicles and mobile shower and toilet units will be visible and would have a harmful impact on the countryside, contrary to Environment Policies 1 and 2 and General Policy 3 and General Policy 2b and g. It is not considered that there is sufficient justification for setting aside this objection, given the number of existing approved campsites and the absence of evidence that there is a need for any more.
• 2. There would be inadequate visibility of and from vehicles emerging from the site onto the A5 which would result in an adverse impact on highway safety, contrary to Transport Policy 4 and General Policy 2h and i. In addition, there is no safe footway access to the pedestrian crossing point to the east of the access which would provide safe pedestrian access to the existing footways on the other side of the road, contrary to GP2h and Transport Policy 6.
• 3. The application form is silent on the matter of the presence of trees on the site and the intensification of the use of the gated access by vehicles is likely to have an adverse impact on the trees closest to this entrance, either by the introduction of hard surfacing or through the compaction of the roots by vehicles manoeuvring through and past the trees. The loss of these trees would be contrary to General Policy 2f.
• 4. This site is not considered suitable for camping in that there are no areas of hard standing on which to park motorhomes and there are no facilities for wet weather accommodation, clothes drying or dry storage.

Date of Issue: 10th June 2019

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it.

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 current Fees Order;
•  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.