DEC Decision Notice

DoI Public Estates & Housing Division Head Office Sea Terminal IM1 2RF

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 Department Of Health & Social Care, Ref 19/00408/B, for the Alterations, erection of extension to Medical Centre, and demolition of Nos. 1 - 4 Westlands in order to provide additional parking provision at Peel GP Surgery / Medical Centre & 1 - 4 Westlands Peel Isle Of Man IM5 1HU 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. Prior to the commencement of the car park construction, the applicant must have had approved by the Department details of all new planting proposed to mitigate the loss of those trees and landscape features to be lost as part of the approved works and the development must be undertaken in accordance with these details. These details must include species, size, their number and position together with provisions for how they will be planted, and details of root barriers and watering systems where trees will be planted under proposed hard surfaces. In particular the new car parking area in place of the sheltered bungalows shall be contained within a planted boundary details of which must be approved and the development undertaken in accordance with these details.

Reason: to mitigate the impact of trees and vegetation to be lost and to provide an acceptable landscaped environment for the proposed new and existing facilities.

• 3. Prior to the proposed development being brought into use, the proposed new car park must be hard surfaced and marked out as shown in the submitted drawings, with parking spaces 10-19 being allocated to staff only and other spaces being available as nonallocated spaces for use by staff or patients/visitors. Reason: to ensure that the parking spaces can be used safely and conveniently.
• 4. The proposed car park barrier must be left open during the operational hours of the surgery.

• Reason: to ensure the free flow of vehicles along Westlands are not obstructed by vehicles waiting on the highway for the barrier to open.
• 5. Prior to the operation of the new surgery as proposed, there must be motorcycle and secure bicycle parking spaces provided within the overall, enlarged site, details of which must be approved by the Department and the development undertaken in accordance with these details.

Reason: to ensure that all types of transportation are accommodated within the site and to promote sustainable transport.

• 6. Prior to the development hereby approved becoming operational, details of the following works must be approved by the Department and the development undertaken in accordance with these details:

visibility for vehicles emerging from the site onto the public highway traffic calming measures vehicle swept path analysis pedestrian routing from the car park to the surgery any proposed site changes from the plans hereby approved and the timing of the undertaking of these works.

Reason: in the interests of highway safety. This approval relates to drawings D02, D03, 04, D07, D08 and D09 all received on 4th April, 2019 and SC1210PMC/C/10-01G, D05A and D06A all received on 20th May, 2019.

Date of Issue: 22nd July 2019

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.

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.