DEC Decision Notice

Birchall Plant Hire Ltd The Technical Site The Old Airfield Braust Andreas Isle Of Man IM7 4JB

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 Birchall Plant Hire Ltd, Ref 19/00555/B, for the Creation of a secured storage area for skips (retrospective) at Landrace The Technical Site The Old Airfield Braust Andreas Isle Of Man IM7 4JB subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

• 1. The use approved applies only to that area outlined in red on the location plans submitted for the application and date stamped as received by the department on 13th May 2019. Reason: To prevent further encroachment of the site on nearby areas.
• 2. The skip compound hereby approved shall only be accessed between the hours of 08:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday, and 08:00 - 12:00 Saturday, there shall be no vehicle movements on the site outside of these hours.

Reason: To ensure that the approval reflects that applied for, and to limit any unacceptable levels of site traffic on the nearby roads at unsociable hours.

• 3. No processing of waste or storage of unsorted/unprocessed mixed skips of waste shall take place in the compound, only storage of full and/or empty skips and fleet vehicles.

Reason: As requested by the DEFA Environmental Protection Unit in order to limit potential environmental impacts.

• 4. Only skips containing dry recyclable wastes shall be stored on site, such as plastics, wood, carpets etc.

Reason: To reduce the environmental impacts of the waste storage via odours and/or impact on wildlife activity (rodents, seagulls etc).

• 5. No household waste shall be stored or processed on the site. Reason: To prevent the site acting as a landfill.

This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received 13th May 2019:

• o Location Plan
• o Site Plan

Date of Issue: 16th July 2019

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it.

All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is 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 This decision refers only to that applied for 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 current Fees Order;
•  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.