Decision Notice

Hartford Ltd Mr G Li Middle River Douglas IM2 1AL

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 Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Cycle 360 Ltd, Ref 16/00938/B, for the Erection of a building to provide bicycle servicing / repair and sales, cycling fitness centre, cafe, meeting rooms and offices with associated parking and vehicular access at Vacant Site, East Of RL360 House Isle Of Man Business Park Douglas Isle Of Man 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 any of the works hereby approved being undertaken, a traffic management plan shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Department. The works shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved plan. Reason: In the interest of highway safety.
• 3. The retail sale of goods from the site shall be restricted to bicycles and ancillary goods thereto.

Reason: The application site is within a business park where some retailing of bulky goods can be acceptable. The sale of any goods alternative to that put forward in the business case would require fresh assessment.

• 4. No works or development shall be carried out until a tree planting plan prepared in accordance with the recommendations of BS8545:2014 (Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape - recommendations) is submitted and approved in writing by the Department. This should ideally include but not be limited to:

• a) A statement of the planting objectives and desired outcomes
• b) An evaluation of the planting site and an assessment of above and below ground constraints
• c) Justification of how the selected species will contribute to achieving the stated objectives

• d) A specification for the planting stock to be used
• e) A specification and representative cross sectional drawings for the tree planting pits and associated hard landscaping
• f) A suggested timetable for post-planting management and maintenance

The planting will be carried out as described and approved. If, within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development, any of the trees planted in accordance with this condition is cut down, uprooted, removed, destroyed or dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Department, seriously damaged or defective, another tree of the same species shall be planted at the same location.

Reason: in the interest of ensuring an appropriately landscaped setting to the application site within this business park location.

Date of Issue: 20th October 2016

Interim Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

This permission refers only to that required under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument.

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 Town and Country Planning (Application and Appeal Fees) (No2) Order 2015 (currently £170);
•  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 https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planningapplications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/

The proposed development must not be commenced until either;

•  The time for requesting an appeal has expired; or
•  Any appeal has been determined;

Whichever is the later.

If no 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.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is now available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom

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.