DEC Decision Notice

Department Of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building Douglas IM1 2RT

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019

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 Infrastructure, Ref 20/01320/B, for the Resurfacing and alteration to both carriageway and footway and installation of a flood defence wall from Station Place to Peel Harbour Bridge at East Quay, Station Place, And Part Station Road Peel Isle Of Man .

Any conditions or notes which apply to the approval are set out below. This approval is subject to compliance with any conditions listed and may not be implemented until it becomes final (see guidance notes).

• 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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

• 2. Work on the development hereby approved may be undertaken only outside of the black guillemot breeding season (1st April - 31st July). If this is not possible, a protection plan for the breeding black guillemot must be submitted to and approved by the Department prior to work commencing and the plan should be submitted well in advance of the works starting in order to provide alternative nesting sites if required and an ecologically qualified Ecological Clerk of Works must be appointed, details of which must be submitted to and approved by the Department. The development must be undertaken in full accordance with these details. Reason: in order to comply with Environment Policy 4 of the Strategic Plan.
• 3. No black guillemot breeding holes may be blocked off as part of this development and if this is required then alternative nests should be provided, details - the locations and timing of the provision - of which must be approved in writing by the Department prior to the blocking off of any holes. The development must be undertaken in accordance with these details. Reason: in order to accord with Environment Policy 4 of the Strategic Plan.

• 4. Prior to the erection of the flood defence wall, a sample panel of the stonework must be approved in writing by the Department along with details of the rendered walling on the inward face of the wall and the development must be undertaken in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: to ensure that the finished walling is sympathetic to the Conservation Area in which it sits to comply with Environment Policies 35 and 36.

This decision relates to drawings 00, 01 B, 02 and 03 B all received on 6th November, 2020. This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) This decision relates to the Flood and Wave Assessment, plans reference 01B, 02, 03B, 20B, 21A, LS-01, LS-02, LS-03, LS-04 ad LS-05 all received on 6th November, 2020.

Date of Issue: 17th March 2021

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

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

This decision refers only to that applied for under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services www.gov.im/Viewapplications) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

Implementation The decision does not become final until either

•  Any appeal has been concluded; or
•  21 days have passed since the date on this notice and no appeal has been submitted

Development must progress in accordance with the plans approved under, and any conditions attached to this approval (irrespective of any changes that may separately be requested at the Building Control stage or by any other Statutory Authority). This approval does not remove the need to also comply with any other relevant legislation.

Any conditions requiring certain works, submissions etc. prior to commencement of development must be fulfilled prior to work starting on site. Failure to adhere to this approval and meet the requirements of all conditions may invalidate this approval or result in formal enforcement action.

Appeal Any appeal must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain:

•  the grounds for making the appeal;
•  payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £285); and
•  if relevant, confirmation that the appellant wishes to have the appeal determined by means of an inquiry and payment of the additional inquiry fee (currently £100). Where the appeal is submitted by the applicant they must:
•  specify in detail and by reference to material planning considerations the reasons why the appellant disagrees with that determination; and
•  Where against a refusal, on the grounds of deficient detail or supporting documentation, set out why they consider the information or documentation forming part of the application was sufficient in the circumstance. If the appeal is submitted by someone who has interested Person Status but is not listed in Article 4(2) of the Development Procedure Order 2019, that person must relate their grounds for making the appeal to issues which they included in representations made prior to the application being determined.

Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated.

An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal

If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. Please note that if the counter copy of the application is not collected within thirty days following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyed without further notice.