Decision Notice

Ashley Pettit Architects The Old Bakery James Place Victoria Road Douglas IM2 4HD

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 H Richmond Ltd, Ref 17/00671/B, for the Erection of a Pack House and Floristry Centre for Eden Park Centre (retrospective) including meeting and conference room use at Florist Unit Robinsons Ballapaddag Cooil Road Douglas Isle Of Man subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any) :

1. The building hereby approved shall, from the date of this approval notice, be used only in accordance with the approved drawings (date-stamped as having been received 19th June 2017) as:

• (i) the operation of a floristry club;
• (ii) a floristry learning centre for members of floral clubs and trainee florists;
• (iii) a central make-up area for floral goods;
• (iv) a packaging and distribution centre for on-Island flowers and floral goods deliveries;
• (v) an internet sales centre for flowers and floral goods and
• (vi) for private meetings unrelated to the above five specified uses.

Reason: The building the subject of this application has been exceptionally approved in this location and in view of the sui generis nature of the combined uses a clarification of the acceptable uses via a condition is necessary.

The development hereby approved relates to Drawings PL01 A, PL 02 A, PL 03 C, PL 04 C, PL 05 and PL 06, all date-stamped as having been received 19th June 2017.

Date of Issue: 21st August 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.