Approval in Principle 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)(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 Mr Edwin Davies OBE, Ref 16/00998/A, for the Approval in principle for the erection of a detached dwelling with garaging at Field 432538 Ballavoddan Farm Phildraw Road Ballasalla Isle Of Man subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any) :

• 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun either before the expiration of four years from the date of this approval or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters.

Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013.

• 2. Details of the siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access, drainage of foul and surface water, and the landscaping of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department before any development is commenced and thereafter the development shall only be carried out in accordance with the details as approved.

Reason: To comply with the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No2) Order 2013.

• 3. No development shall take place until (I) a tree survey with survey plan, (II) a tree constraints plan, (III) a tree protection plan, and (IV) a tree planting plan have been provided to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the tree protection plan and tree planting plan.

Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriately treed setting to the dwelling hereby approved in line with BS5837:2012 (sections 4, 5 & 6) and BS8545:2014.

• 4. All hard and/or soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with the programme agreed in writing with the Department. Any trees or plants indicated on the approved scheme, which, within a period of five years from the date of planting, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced during the next planting season with other trees or plants of a species and size to be first approved in writing by the Department. All hard landscape works shall be permanently retained in accordance with the approved details.

• Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.
• 5. The trees to the north of the application site, as shown on Drawing 2 (date-stamped as having been receive 19th August 2016), shall be retained. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.

The development hereby approved relates to Drawing 1, Drawing 2 and Drawing 16T502501, all date-stamped as having been received 19th August 2016.

Date of Issue: 1st November 2016

Interim Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority delegated to them 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/

No development may be undertaken until such time as the relevant reserved matters have been approved by the Planning Authority.

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.