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) 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 Mr Christopher & Mrs Ellie Looney, Ref 21/00267/B, for the Erection of a detached double garage with hobby room above at Ballahutchin House Ballahutchin Hill Union Mills Isle Of Man IM4 4AT .

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. There shall only be one garage erected and constructed on the land shown red on drawing number 4 date stamped 24 Feb 2021.

Reason: The application is intended to be an alternative to 00/00903/B and to ensure that only one garage approval is implemented in the interests of the visual amenities of the area.

• 3. The first floor accommodation of the garage hereby approved shall be used only for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of 'Ballahutchin House' as a dwellinghouse. No separate curtilage shall be formed and the residential annex shall at no time be used as an independent dwellinghouse without the express grant of planning approval from the Department.

Reason: The application has been assessed only in terms of this restricted use and any other use may have an adverse effect on the character and amenity of the area contrary to relevant Polices in the Strategic Plan 2016 and its use as an independent residential unit would not comply with the Strategic Plan 2016 policies regarding new residential development in the countryside.

• 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no development shall be undertaken in accordance with Class 16 Fences, walls or gates of Schedule 1 of the Order at any time. Reason: To control future development on the site and prevent any separation of the site.

This approval relates to drawing numbers 1E and 5 both received 15/04/2021, and drawing numbers 2, 3 and 4 date stamped and received 24/02/2021.

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) Subject to conditions relating to there only being one garage on the site, restrictions of garage use being ancillary to the main dwellinghouse only and removal of PDO for fences, walls and gates that the application is considered to be acceptable in respects of both Environment Policy 1 and Housing Policy 15.

Date of Issue: 26th May 2021

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 led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services www.gov.im/Viewapplications) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

Implementation The decision does not become final until either

•  Any appeal has been concluded; or
•  21 days have passed since the date on this notice and no appeal has been submitted

Development must progress in accordance with the plans approved under, and any conditions attached to this approval (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 must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain:

•  the grounds for making the appeal;
•  payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £295); and
•  if relevant, confirmation that the appellant wishes to have the appeal determined by means of an inquiry and payment of the additional inquiry fee (currently £110). Where the appeal is submitted by the applicant they must:
•  specify in detail and by reference to material planning considerations the reasons why the appellant disagrees with that determination; and
•  Where against a refusal, on the grounds of deficient detail or supporting documentation, set out why they consider the information or documentation forming part of the application was sufficient in the circumstance. If the appeal is submitted by someone who has interested Person Status but is not listed in Article 4(2) of the Development Procedure Order 2019, that person must relate their grounds for making the appeal to issues which they included in representations made prior to the application being determined.

Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated.

An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal

If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. 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.