Decision Notice

Kay Associates Southgate House 89 Circular Road Douglas IM1 1AX

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 Braddan Parish Commissioners, Ref 17/00829/B, for the Erection of multipurpose Community Centre incorporating Braddan Commissioners offices / headquarters with associated car parking and landscaping (comprising amendments to PA 16/00601/B) at Strang Corner Field Strang 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. Other than the 'Function / Meeting Room', the office space hereby approved and as shown on Drawing P/10-11 Rev D (date-stamped as having been received 3rd August 2017), shall be used by Braddan Parish Commissioners only, and shall not be offered for use by any other party.

Reason: The Commissioners' offices approved are acceptable in this out-of-town location only because they would be used in association with the wider community hub proposed in the application. Any other use of these offices will need fresh consideration.

• 3. The 'Function / Meeting Room' shall not be used as permanent office space.

Reason: The Commissioners' offices approved are acceptable in this out-of-town location only because they would be used in association with the wider community hub proposed in the application. The 'Function / Meeting Room' offers one such community use. Any permanent use of this space by a third party will need fresh consideration.

• 4. No development shall be commenced until a hard and soft landscaping scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. Such a scheme shall include details of all walls, fences, trees, hedgerows and other planting which are to be retained; details of all new walls, fences and other boundary treatment and finished ground levels; a planting specification to include numbers, size, species and positions of all new trees and shrubs, the location of grassed areas details of the hard surface treatment of the open parts of the site, and a programme of implementation.

All hard and 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. Prior to the building hereby approved coming into use, details of the siting and design of a pedestrian crossing on Braddan Road, Strang shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Department. The installation of the pedestrian crossing shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The pedestrian crossing shall be installed and ready to use prior to the building hereby approved coming into use. Reason: To ensure safe pedestrian access to the site.
• 6. Prior to the building hereby approved coming into use, samples of the materials and colours of those materials shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. Reason: In the interest of ensuring an appropriate design for the building.

The development hereby approved relates to Drawings P/10-103, P/10-102, P/10-100B, P/10-101B, P/10-10D, P/10-11D, P/10-12D, P/11-01C, P/12-01B, P/12-02, P/12-03, P/1204, and to the Traffic Statement and the Design Statement, all date-stamped as having been received 3rd August 2017.

Date of Issue: 19th September 2017

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 2016 (currently £175);
•  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.