Decision Notice

Toddlers United Limited 70 Summerhill Road Onchan IM3 1NF

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Toddlers United Limited, Ref 25/90124/C, for the Additional use as childcare facility (Class 4.2) at Memorial Hall Main Road Union Mills Isle Of Man IM4 4AB .

Any conditions or notes which apply to the approval are set out below. This approval is subject to compliance with any conditions listed and may not be implemented until it becomes final (see guidance notes).

• 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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

• 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2019 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), the additional use hereby approved shall be for Use Class 4.2 Childcare or Education of that Use Classes Schedule only.

Reason: The Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on this basis of this additional use only and any alternative uses will require further consideration.

• 3. There shall be no more than 20 children on the site for the approved additional use at any one time.

Reason: the application has been assessed on this basis and considered acceptable by DOI Highway Services in respect of local highway infrastructure and availability of public car parking.

This approval relates to the following:

• - site plan
• - location plan
• - floor plans
• - covering letter
• - statement

• all date received and published online 03 Feb 2025 and
• - attendance pick up times and additional information
• - timed photographs of car parking both published and dated online 12 March 2025

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The existing hall already functions as a community space with regular activity. The proposed additional use is not expected to increase noise or affect nearby neighbouring amenity beyond the existing use. Located in a designated service village, the proposal supports efficient use of existing sites, in line with Area Plan objectives and Spatial Policy 3. While some additional traffic may occur, particularly at pick-up times, this is expected to be staggered, and DOI has raised no objections, noting available capacity in the nearby public car park. Subject to a condition on children numbers, the use is considered acceptable and not expected to result in impacts beyond the established community use or to adversely harm highway safety. The application is considered to comply with GP2 (b, c, g, h and i), Environment Policy 23, Business Policy 1 and Transport Policy 7 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 and 8.3 of The Area Plan for the East 2020.

Date of Issue: 29th April 2025

J CHANCE 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 Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which informed the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via https://pbc.gov.im/onlineapplications/)

Implementation A determination to grant planning approval does not have effect —

if an appeal is submitted until the appeal is determined or withdrawn; or

if no appeal is submitted, but there are potential appellants in addition to the applicant, until the time within which an appeal may be submitted has expired (21 days from the date of this notice).

Development must be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and any attached conditions (irrespective of any changes that may separately be requested at the Building Control stage or by any other Statutory Authority). This approval does not remove the need to also comply with any other relevant legislation.

Any conditions requiring certain works, submissions etc. prior to commencement of development must be fulfilled prior to work starting on site. Failure to adhere to this approval and meet the requirements of all conditions may invalidate this approval or result in formal enforcement action.

Appeal Any appeal can only be made by a person who has been accorded rights to do so, must be in writing, include the appropriate fee and be submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice.

Guidance on how to appeal is available at gov.im/howtoappeal