DEC Decision Notice

Penketh - Millar 23 West Quay Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1DL

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 subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Dr John C Taylor OBE, Ref 19/01431/B, for the Erection of solar photovoltaic panels at Part Of Field 434107 Adjacent To Gatekeeper Cottage Ballawoods Douglas Road Ballasalla Isle Of Man and subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

• 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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

• 2. Prior to the installation of the solar panels, the applicant must have approved by the Department a detailed scheme for the reinforcement of the hedge beside the railway line to the north of the proposed installation, including the location and species of any new planting, and this must be introduced at the latest in the first planting season following the installation of the solar panels. Any plants that die or are removed within the first five years must be replaced by ones of similar type and size in the first planting season following their removal.

Reason: to ensure that the development has an acceptable impact on the outlook from the railway line.

• 3. If the solar panels cease to function they and their supports must be removed from the site within 6 months of them last functioning.

Reason: the development has been approved on the basis of the environmental benefit of the renewable energy which would be harnessed by the panels.

This decision relates to drawings SP1, SP0 and the Renusol brochure information all received on 20th December, 2019.

NOTE The application is advised to contact Manx Utilities prior to any excavation on the site within the gas pipeline easement area to ensure that the existing gas main and those working on the site are protected during the works.

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) NOTE The application is considered to accord with EP1 and EP1 and is supported.

Date of Issue: 18th February 2020

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

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

All 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.

This decision refers only to that applied for under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation.

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria stated in the Order, 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 www.gov.im/planningappeal

If no valid 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.