Decision Notice

Kinrade Associates Limited 3 The Courtyard Water Street Ramsey

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 REFUSE an application by Mr Alan Cope, Ref 15/01392/A, for the Approval in principle for four detached dwellings with associated parking addressing siting and means of access at Land Adjacent To Brookfield Court Claughbane Drive Ramsey Isle Of Man for the following reason(s):

• 1. It is considered that the piece of land referred to in this application creates a "breathing space", the development of which would remove an area of open space which was included in the original layouts for the area, and contributes to the visual amenity of the street scene. The loss of this land would result in a loss of open space to the detriment of current residents. It has been established that the building of dwellings should be directed to sustainable locations and the Department is currently undertaking new area plans for the whole Island, which will consider the potential need for additional housing. Since the area plans have not been established and are still ongoing and since not all of the smaller "breathing spaces" have been developed, the release of this site for housing is considered premature at this stage as, in the absence of it being proven that there is a need for the proposed housing that could not be met on a preferable site, the proposed development would be contrary to Policy R/R/P3 of the Ramsey Local Plan (Planning Circular 2/99), Environment Policy 42 and General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan (June 2007).
• 2. Insufficient information has been provided to determine whether the siting of four dwellings as proposed would not impact upon the foul and surface water sewers which run through the site.

Date of Issue: 3rd March 2016

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 decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Whilst a copy of the Officer’s report is included alongside this notice, any wider 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

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/

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.

PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice.