DEC Decision Notice

GCA Architects Carmodil Beg Studio Glen Road Ballaugh Isle Of Man IM7 5JD

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 Dalmatian Estates Ltd, Ref 18/01294/B, for the Extension to existing farmyard area including ground works, retaining walls, yard extension, concreting and drainage works (part retrospective) at Field 120242 Land At Ballawhane Blue Point Road The Lhen Ramsey 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. The hardsurfacing must be used only for agricultural purposes associated with Ballawhane Farm.

Reason: The countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the hardsurfacing must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.

• 3. No development shall be commenced until a soft landscaping scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. Such a scheme shall include all trees, hedgerows and other planting which are to be retained; and a planting specification to include details of all new planting in the areas identified on drawing 856.25B. All landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation/operation 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. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.

• 4. Prior to the commence of the concrete yard area hereby approved (shown in pink on drawing 856.25B) a scheme to accommodate surface water and prevention thereof of running onto the public highway, should be submitted for approval by the Department. These approved drainage details are required to be completed prior to the use of the concrete yard area and the drainage provision retained thereafter.

Reason: To ensure adequate measures are in place to reduce the level of surface water run off onto the public highway.

This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings reference numbers 856.23 received on 06.12.2018, 856.24 received on 13.12.2018 and 856.25B received on the 22.5.2019.

NOTE For the avoidance of doubt no approval is hereby given for any of the works identified on drawing 856.21 ("Future intended layout plan").

Date of Issue: 28th June 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.