Erection of new dwelling.

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Erection of a new dwelling on a parcel of land off Arbory Road, Castletown
• ✓Site lies outside the town's Conservation Area
• ✓Proposal met general development standards
• ✓Tree survey and protection measures for retained trees required
• ✓Access onto Arbory Road alongside existing properties
• ✓trees
• ✓accord with the requirement for a tree survey and protection measures for trees to be retained
• ✓accords with the general standards of development as set out in the Strategic Plan

Permission was granted for the erection of a new dwelling on a parcel of land to the north west of The Crofts and north east of Arbory Road in Castletown, Isle of Man. The site sits outside the town's Conservation Area and contains a number of trees, mostly around its periphery. Access to the site is onto Arbory Road, alongside The Vicarage and 1–4 Westham Lea. The application was assessed against general development standards and found to be acceptable. A key consideration was the presence of trees on the site, with the officer identifying the need for a tree survey and appropriate protection measures for any trees to be retained. The application was approved by delegated decision on 27 January 2017, subject to three conditions.

The application was permitted on 27 January 2017 under delegated powers. The proposal was found to accord with general development standards and met the requirement for a tree survey and protection measures for trees to be retained on site. Permission was granted subject to three conditions.

Policies Assessed (2)

Conditions (3)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   No other development may be commenced until such time as the protection measures shown in the Tree Survey and Report have been installed. The protection measures, construction methods and tree planting detailed in the "Tree Survey and Report" prepared by Manx Roots Tree Management Limited received on 25th November, 2016, must be adhered to in full, subject to the undertaking of the pre-arranged supervision detailed in Section 2, Appendices 5 and 7, by a suitably qualified tree specialist. No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted or wilfully destroyed during the implementation of the development and thereafter within 5 years from the completion date, other than in accordance with the approved plans and particularly or as otherwise approved by the Department. This condition will only be fully discharged on completion of the development subject to submission of satisfactory written evidence of contemporaneous supervision and monitoring by a suitably qualified tree specialist of the tree protection throughout construction.

3. 3

   Condition 3

   The mitigation planting - the four rowan trees referred to in the application, must be introduced in the first planting season following the completion of the dwelling. Any of these trees which die or are removed within 5 years of being planted must be replaced with the same species and size of the trees and in the same place as those which are to be replaced.

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