DEC Decision Notice

Savage & Chadwick Armitage House Lord Street Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 1LE

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 Carnane Estate Ltd, Ref 19/01011/B, for the Erection of replacement dwelling with associated landscaping and parking at Rhenab Cottage Rhenab Road Cornaa Ramsey Isle Of Man IM7 1EL 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. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no extension, enlargement or other alteration of the dwelling(s) hereby approved, other than that expressly authorised by this approval, shall be carried out, without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.
• 3. The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times.

Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking and turning of vehicles in the interests of highway safety.

• 4. No development shall commence nor any tree removed until a bat survey has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The bat survey shall identify impacts on bat species together with mitigation, where appropriate, including a timetable for its implementation. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details.

• Reason: To provide adequate safeguards for the bats.
• 5. Prior to the commencement of the construction of the new dwelling hereby approved, the existing dwelling and outbuildings within the site shall all be demolished.

Reason: The application has solely been approved on the grounds of being a replacement dwelling and therefore the existing dwelling is required to be removed in accordance with Housing Policy 4. Furthermore, the application has been considered acceptable on the grounds of the existing outbuildings being demolished.

• 6. No development shall take place until full details of soft and hard landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and these works shall be carried out as approved. Details of the soft landscaping works include details of new planting showing, type, size and position of each and existing landscaping (i.e. roadside hedgerow). All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwelling, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Details of the hard landscaping works include footpaths and hard surfacing materials. The hard landscaping works shall be completed in full accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.
• 7. Notwithstanding the landscaping details required for Condition 6 no development shall take place until full details of how the northern and western boundaries (area where existing boundary wall of dwelling adjoins the highway) will be treated, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and these works shall be carried out as approved. The proposed works shall include the retention and/or reuse of Manx stone to create a Manx stone boundary wall and these works shall be carried out following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwelling, whichever is the sooner. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.
• 8. Prior to the occupation of the new dwelling, the visibility splay(s) identified on drawing No SC1560 P/10-01 REV A shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plans and thereafter kept permanently clear of any obstruction exceeding 1 metre in height above adjoining carriageway level. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
• 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no fences, gates, walls or other means of enclosure shall be erected or placed within the curtilage of any dwelling house forward of any wall of that dwelling house which fronts onto a highway, without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.

This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings reference numbers SC1560 P/10-00, SC1560 P/10-01 REV A, SC1560 P/10-02 and SC1560 P/10-03 and Design and Access Statement all date stamped as received on 10th September 2019.

Date of Issue: 5th December 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.