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 Sean Dowling, Ref 17/00860/B, for the Alterations to existing garage to form games room at Dun Aisling Mount Rule Douglas Isle Of Man IM4 4HP 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. The protection measures and construction methods detailed in the Tree Survey and Report submitted with the application (date-stamped as having been received 11th August

2017) shall be adhered to in full. No tree shown as being retained on Drawing 6 (datestamped as having been received 11th August 2017) shall be cut down, uprooted or wilfully destroyed during the development phase and thereafter within 5 years from the completion date, except as may be permitted by prior approval in writing from the Department.

Reason: In the interest of protecting the well-treed setting for the dwelling, given the land's zoning.

• 3. The games room hereby approved shall only be used as ancillary to the dwelling known as Dun Aisling, as identified on Drawings 4 and 6 (date-stamped as having been received 11th August 2017), and shall at no point be occupied independently from that dwelling.

Reason: To avoid undesirable fracture of the residential curtilage in this area of Low Density Housing in Parkland.

The development hereby approved relates to Drawings 1, 3, 4 and 6, and to the Manx Roots Tree Survey and Report, all date-stamped as having been received 11th August 2017.

Date of Issue: 25th September 2017

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Head of Development Management 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 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.