DEC Decision Notice

Mr Daniel Hall 17 Mona Street Douglas IM1 2QE

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 Mr Daniel Hall, Ref 18/00525/B, for the Erection of a building to provide stables, storage of agricultural equipment and feed, construction of an outdoor equestrian exercise arena, jump store and hard standing at Field 530570 & Field 530569 Scollag Road Opposite Upper Sulby Farm Hillberry Onchan 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 stables, hereby approved, shall be for private use only and not for any commercial or private livery use.

Reason: Due to the location of the site in the open countryside and the nature of the access to the site the Department does not consider the site suitable for anything other than private use in accordance with General Policy 3, Environment Policy 19 and Environment Policy 21 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

• 3. In the event that the stable building, hereby approved, is not used for equestrian purposes for a period exceeding 6 months, the stable building and hard standing shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition within 9 months of the stables last being used.

Reason: The building has been approved to meet the equestrian need of the applicant and its subsequent retention would result in an unwarranted intrusion in the countryside in accordance with General Policy 3, Environment Policy 19 and Environment Policy 21 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

• 4. The elevations and roof of the stables, hereby approved, shall be finished in the colour green, as stated in the email dated 27 March 2019. The development shall thereafter be maintained in this colour unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Department.

Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area in accordance with Environment Policy 19 and Environment Policy 21 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

• 5. All soft landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, as shown on the amended site plan date-stamped as having been received 13 March 2019 and in the email dated 17 April 2019. The planting shall be carried out in the next available planting season following the first occupation/use of any part of the development. 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, in the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area in accordance with Environment Policy 19 and Environment Policy 21 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

• 6. No additional external lighting shall be erected on the development site for the external yard areas and outdoor equestrian exercise arena, hereby approved, other than in accordance with the lighting shown on the approved drawings.

Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area in accordance with General Policy 3, Environment Policy 19 and Environment Policy 21 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

This planning permission relates to the following plans and documents: Proposed Elevations 1, 2 & 3 Proposed Floor Plan DC Solar Photovoltaic Panel Spec Date-stamped as having been received 17 May 2018 Location Plan Site Plan Date-stamped as having been received 13 March 2019 Email dated 27 March 2019 Email dated 17 April 2019

Date of Issue: 25th 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.