Comment 2 Midway House

The Planning Officer Dept. of Environment Food and Agriculture Planning & Building Control Directorate Murray House, Mount Havelock Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 2SF

Dear Sir/Madam

Planning Reference 18/00710/C Field 434022, Derbyhaven, Isle of Man

31st July 2018

Firstly, I need to inform you that I was not sent a copy of the Notice of Planning Application as required in your notice and was only made aware of this retrospective application by third parties.

I am the owner and recent occupant of Midway House which directly borders the entire northern boundary of the field in question.

Your records will show I have twice unsuccessfully taken controversial planning decisions to appeal in respect of proposed developments in the said field which will have detrimental effects on my property. I was extremely surprised to find the same planning Inspector in charge of the second appeal after previously finding in favour of the applicant which can hardly be an independent review of the facts.

My wife and I have endured considerable inconvenience for more than two years as the field has become a builders dumping ground with mounds of rubble and building waste piled high, unsightly, unpleasant and clearly visible from our property. Noise from grinding machines breaking up stones, cement mixer, electric saws and smoke from bonfires, just to name a few disadvantages. In addition, a large hole has been created in our carefully cultivated boundary hedge by football damage with no acknowledgement of responsibility or offer to make good the damage caused.

I now find, to my horror, that two industrial containers have been placed horizontally right up against our boundary hedge in the corner next to the airport. This unpleasant and unsightly outlook is clearly visible from the south facing upstairs windows of Midway House and an immediate order should be given for the removal of these obtrusive containers from the site.

Midway House is currently undergoing redecoration inside and out with a view to rent or sale and I fear the state of the adjoining field will have a significant detrimental effect on the values when marketing the property.

I was under the impression that under the terms of the Town & Country Planning (Permitted Development) (Temporary Use or Development) Order that no more than 24 months is allowed for containers to remain on land adjacent on which planning approval has been granted. These 24 months expired in May 2018 so why has an Order not been issued for the containers to be removed?

The use of the field as a builder's compound until 2019 should not be permitted and strict conditions imposed for immediate restoration of the field to its former condition.

Yours faithfully