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28 MAY 2014 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

CABINET OFFICE Government Office DOUGLAS Isle of Man IM1 3PN Direct Line (01624) 685280 Fax Number (01624) 685710 Email [email protected] CHIEF SECRETARY Will Greenhow ACMA Our Reference: L12-13/DF14/0004 Planning Secretary Department Of Infrastructure Planning and Building Control Division Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas Dear Sir/Madam, ## Town And Country Planning (Development Procedure) ### (No2) ORDER 2013 PA Ref: 14/00068/B Applicant: Department Of Health Proposal: Creation of an over flow car park including an exit only road on to Braddan Road Address: Land Adjacent To Leece Lodge Strang Douglas Isle Of Man Thank you for your letter concerning the above captioned application which will be passed to the Inspector appointed to consider the matter. If you have anything further that you wish to add to your previous submission I should be grateful if you send it to me by 5 p.m. on 11th June 2014. A copy of your statement will be made available to the other parties involved in this application and, therefore, it would be appreciate dif you could supply 6 COLLATED SETS of your submission of case. This matter is scheduled to be dealt with by way of written submissions only without appearing before the Inspector at an inquiry. Please advise me in writing if you are in agreement for this procedure to be followed, but if no reply is received by the date stated above it will be considered as agreement with this procedure. Yours faithfully, A Johnstone Planning Appeals Administrator On behalf of the Chief Secretary From: Fletcher, Hazel Sent: 20 May 2014 14:55 To: Baker, Edward; Balmer, Chris; Callow, Jo (DOI); Chance, Jennifer; Connan, Marie; Corlett, Sarah; Davy, Laura; DOI, Planning; McKnight, Melissa; Riley, Edmond Subject: planning responses ### PA 14/00068/B Creation of an over flow car park including an exit only road on to Braddan Road, Land Adj To Leece Lodge Strang Further to the receipt of drawing no 01 rev A dated 01.05.14 there is no objection to this application. ### PA 13/91191/B Erection of a detached dwelling with associated parking, Plot 14 Poachers Pocket Development Bridge Road Ballasalla Following receipt of drawing no 0210/PL14 rev B there is no objection to this application ### PA 14/00192/B Erection of a building to provide garaging and service facilities, Land To Rear Of IOM Seafood Products Ltd Isle Of Man Food Park Mill Road Following receipt of amended plans there is no indication that large vehicles will be able to manoeuvre within the site entering and leaving the site in forward gear. The car parking shown is provided on an existing access road and is currently used for parking and access for the existing building. The applicant has failed to show that al vehicle movements and parking can be accommodated within land under their control without adversely affecting adjacent businesses. ### PA 12/01140/B Erection of a fishing complex with lakes, cafe, four holiday cottages, educational facility and landscaping, Field 314338 And Part Fields 314331,314329 Ballagyr Lane, Peel Following receipt of additional information there is no objection to this application Hazel Fletcher Traffic Engineer Planning & Co-ordination Highway Services Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF Tel: 01624 686639 Mob: 07624 431350 Any views expressed in this email are those of the officer only and are without prejudice to any formal decision made under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and any relevant secondary legislation From: Fletcher, Hazel Sent: 24 February 2014 15:57 To: Baker, Edward; Balmer, Chris; Callow, Jo (DOI); Chance, Jennifer; Connan, Marie; Corlett, Sarah; Davy, Laura; DOI, Planning; McKnight, Melissa; Riley, Edmond Subject: Planning Responses ### PA 14/00068/B Creation of an over flow car park including an exit only road on to Braddan Road, Land Adj To Leece Lodge Strang Please defer the decision on this application, I have asked the agent for further details of the visibility splays and an altered layout. ### PA 14/00036/C Temporary use of south east pitch and club facilities as a camp site for the practice and race periods of the TT and Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling Events, Colby AFC Football Ground Main Road Colby Do not object ### PA 14/00100/B Demolition of existing hotel and erection of an apartment block containing seven residential apartments and eight tourist apartments with associated parking (comprising amendments to PA 12/01540/B), Grosvenor Hotel Promenade Do not oppose – the reduced car parking provision is acceptable and the arrangement of the car parking is acceptable. The following is in response to the Transport statement provided by the agent: 1. Double yellow line parking – this is a non-sensical phrase, double yellow lines indicate an area that is to be kept free from any car parking; it may be used for loading/unloading of vehicles. 2. Parking reduction due to tourist use – the Isle of man Strategic Plan does not differentiate between tourist and residential accommodation with regard to car parking provision; the applicant has stated that the accommodation is to have dual use therefore this argument is obsolete. 3. Proposed one-way of lane – this proposition has not been assessed by the Department and any benefit to highway safety should be disregarded. 4. Change from on-street car parking to loading bay – this proposition is not supported by the Department as it would reduce the available on-street car parking and sterilise the use of the bay at any time other than a short time one day a week – this would be an inefficient use of the road space. ### PA 14/00099/A Approval in principle to demolish the fire Station and redevelop the site for residential use, Fire Station Farrants Way Do Not Oppose subject to the following conditions: 1. Car parking should be provided as per the standards in appendix 7 of the Strategic Plan; the reserved matters application should be accompanied by a transport statement if a reduction in car parking standards is to be applied. 2. The site access should have visibility splays of at a height of and pedestrian visibility of at a height of ; the access should have a width of at least . 3. The development should incorporate a footway along the entire frontage of the site with the exception of the vehicular access. 4. Prior to any works other than demolition taking place on site the proposed vehicular access will be constructed to the satisfaction of the planning Authority. ## Connan, Marie From: Gill <[email protected]> Sent: 17 February 2014 10:09 To: DOI, Planning Cc: Phil Barron; Colin Whiteway Subject: Braddan Parish Commissioners Comments - Latest Planning Applications Dear Sirs Please find below Braddan Commissioners' comments on the latest planning applications for your Committee. ### The Commissioners have no objection to the following applications: - PA14 00064 B - Mr and Mrs James Simpson - Demolition and replacement of existing dwelling - Amendments to PA113 00125 B - Ballacaroon Farm West Baldwin Road Mount Rule - PA14 00071 B - Geraldine Kingston - Replacement of existing glazed conservatory roof with slate/tiles - Ballaveare Farm Old Castletown Road Port Soderick - PA14 00073 B - Mr Howard Callow - Replacement of existing glazed conservatory roof with tiles - 10 Ashfield Avenue Union Mills - PA14 00119 B - Mrs Joyce Rhodes - Erection of a sun lounge extension (retrospective) - The Swallows Quines Hill Port Soderick - PA14 00122 - Mr & Mrs H Minay - Erection of a garage and sun room extension - Eary Ween, East Baldwin, Braddan - PA14 00144 - Corlett Sons & Cowley Ltd - Erection of an industrial unit to replace existing structure - Grain store & warehouse, Corletts Yard, Union Mills ### The Commissioners wish to object to the following applications: #### PA14 00059 B - Mr and Mrs K Minay - Installation of fencing to dwelling - 39 Hollin Bank Braddan Whilst the Commissioners have no issues with the fencing to the rear of the property, they do have a real concern over the visibility issues caused by the proposed fencing at the front. They understand that there are covenants on the land imposed by the developer relating to the hedge heights (which the Commissioners cannot enforce) but this is indicative of the desire of the developer, and they would assume the Planners, to keep the area open. This application contradicts a previous approach to the Commissioners when the applicant objected to the hedge height of a neighbouring property which created a visibility problem. #### PA14 00068 B - Department of Health - Creation of an over flow car park including an exit only road on to Braddan Road - Land adjacent to Leece Lodge Strang Braddan The Commissioners are concerned that the proposal creates a road safety issue and should have been included in the previous planning application for the development at Leece Lodge if that building creates the need for extra parking. They would also like to see the visual impact being properly addressed. #### PA14 00086 D - Marshall Cryer Architects - Erection of advertising signage - Old School House Cronkbourne Braddan The Commissioners response to this application is in two parts. First they have no objection to the triangular sign which displays the names of the three businesses. However they do feel that the separate flat sign is over intensive and may cause visibility problems. ### The Commissioners wish to comment on the following application: - PA14 0093 D - H Richmond Ltd - Erection of illuminated signage - Land on Roadside and within Riley Garden Centre, Robinsons and Eden Business Park Cool Road Braddan 1</[email protected]>