Decision Notice

Richmond Square The Estate Office Oak Hill Port Soderick IM4 1AT

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 Raj Chatha, Ref 16/00019/B, for the Erection of a dwelling (amendments to PA 15/00975/B) at Ballaughton Manor Saddle Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 1HG 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. No site works or clearance shall be commenced until protective fences which conform with British Standard 5837:2012 (or any British Standard revoking and re-enacting British Standard 5837:2012 with or without modification) have been erected around any trees shown to be retained. Until the development has been completed these fences shall not be removed and the protected areas are to be kept clear of any building, plant equipment, material, debris and trenching, with the existing ground levels maintained, and there shall be no entry to those areas except for approved arboricultural or landscape works.

Reason: To safeguard the areas to be landscaped and the existing trees and planting to be retained within the site.

• 3. No works shall commence until full details of the proposed windows joinery at a scale of no less than 1:20 have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The works shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of maintaining the integrity of the building.
• 4. There shall be no external lighting within the site, unless prior approval of the Department has been given following the receipt of a lighting scheme.

Reason: In the interests of neighbouring amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

• 5. No development shall commence on the plant room until a scheme specifying the level of noise that would be generated and the means for its control has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning and Building Control Directorate within the Department. Reason: To reduce the impact of noise beyond the site of the application.
• 6. 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 extension, enlargement or other alteration of the dwelling(s) hereby approved, other than that expressly authorised by this approval, shall be carried out, without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.

This approval relates to the information submitted with the planning application and drawings 1503 P 0005, P1001 Rev A, P1002 Rev A, P 1003 Rev A, P 1007, P3001 Rev A,P3002 Rev A, X 0003, X 0004, X 1001, and X 3001 all date stamped as having been received on 7th January 2016.

Date of Issue: 11th April 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 £165);
•  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.