Additional Planning Statement Email

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From: Sammy Leahy Sent: 22 July 2021 12:38 To: Visigah, Paul Cc: Clarke Gordon Subject: Re: Additional Plan and Information required_PA 21/00550/B_Ballaquayle Farm

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Dear Paul Just one more thing I thought about which could be helpful to know. My appointments are always strictly by appointment. There are no drop in appointments on the off‐chance I am free, so it’s all very organised. Please let me know if you need anything else. Best wishes Sammy Leahy Sent from my iPad On 20 Jul 2021, at 14:29, Sammy Leahy <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Paul Gordon has forwarded your emails to me asking for some more information on my planning application. I understand he has already sent you the details for point no.2 on your first email below. In regard to point no.1 about the business element, in conjunction with the points in my planning statement, I can advise as follows:

• A) proposed times and days of operation Although I try to keep my appointments within normal working hours and days on the whole, horse riding is a leisure industry and therefore I do need to work on weekends and evenings sometimes. People usually take a few hours off work to attend appointments, but this is not possible for everyone (teachers, doctors, school children etc to name a few), so I do have to accommodate a number of my clients in the evenings and at weekends. Therefore I would propose to offer some appointments, potentially every day of the week, and in the evening, but this would not be a case of solid bookings 7 days a week, every week. I too need time off and to do other things.

• B) number of clients anticipated each day that I am open, and parking provision for them and any staff.

A saddle fitting appointment can last between an hour and three and a half hours, with the average being around 1.5‐2 hours, so the number of appointments per day varies, but is not huge. I would need a bit of time in between clients too, to write up notes and clear away and saddles and equipment which isn’t needed for the next person.

Some people may bring two horses with one saddle for each horse to be checked, or one horse and two saddles to check for that same horse. Both scenarios increase the time of an appointment but with only one client, but create no further traffic.

People do need to bring their horses, as it is essential that I see the horse itself, and that I also see the horse ridden by the rider. I will only see one horse and rider per appointment.

It could be that there are possibly two or three horseboxes here at any given time, if one client is about to leave, another is early, and one is in the middle of their appointment. There is ample parking and turning space within the proposal for this scenario, and appointment times would be arranged to avoid overlap as much as possible.

I would not normally expect anyone else to arrive by car for an appointment but there is also room for cars if necessary.

Staff At present I have one person helping me with my horses and my livery 4‐5 days a week, and she arrives in a car and currently parks near the house. She is usually here early morning for a few hours. I would not envisage an issue with parking if there were one or two people working for me as staff/contractors/cleaners as the parking area is not likely to be full or anywhere close to being full, the majority of the time.

Clinics Regarding the clinics, these would be held on an appointment basis over the course of a day or two, with one horse and rider at a time, rather than many horses at once. The parking requirements would be similar to my normal appointments. The clinics would involve visiting trainers and experts, and would probably be monthly, and usually at times I would normally hold appointments. I suspect this would be at weekends more often than not, but not always, depending upon availability.

I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if there is anything else I can assist with. Best wishes Sammy Leahy Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message:

From: GCA <[email protected]> Date: 20 July 2021 at 11:32:27 GMT+1

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Subject: FW: Additional Plan and Information required_PA 21/00550/B_Ballaquayle Farm Reply‐To: [email protected]

Hi Sam, Can you in your responses to Paul also include an answer to this latest staffing query. I presumed the answer for now would be none, but if you can confirm to him and copy me in. Kind regards Gordon GWH Clarke Grad Dipl RIBA AMAPM RICS MaPS For & on behalf of GCA Ltd

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From: Visigah, Paul <[email protected]> Sent: 20 July 2021 10:51 To: 'GCA Architects' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Additional Plan and Information required_PA 21/00550/B_Ballaquayle Farm

Dear Gordon, As a follow up to my email yesterday, I would also want to ask that the applicants provide details on additional staff that would be working on the site beside the applicant (if additional staff would be required) and provisions made for staff parking. Best Regards, Paul Visigah, B.Tech (Hons), MSc, RTP, MRTPI Senior Planning Officer Planning and Building Control Directorate Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas Isle of Man IM1 2SF Telephone: (01624) 685913

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From: Visigah, Paul Sent: 19 July 2021 11:57 To: 'GCA Architects' <[email protected]> Subject: Additional Plan and Information required_PA 21/00550/B_Ballaquayle Farm

Dear Gordon, Having reviewed the details of the proposed scheme and the additional information provided in the applicant’s discussions with the Highways Officer, I would want to request for additional information and plans to support the scheme. These would include:

• 1. Additional information on the business element of the scheme (saddle fitting; Retraining racehorses from the racetrack to become riding horses; and Holding some training clinics occasionally where people would come for lessons one after another, and hosting of visiting specialists in Biomechanics, dressage or jumping). The additional information should include –

• a. The proposed times of operation for these business services (including days to be open).
• b. The number of clients that are expected for each day of opening. Please note that this would have to be matched by the parking provision for the site to cover staff and visitors (your scheme indicates 8 parking areas to be provided for the facility).
• c. Also indicate if the clients for saddle fitting would be coming with their horses and the parking provisions that would be made for Horse trailers coming to the site (as the current parking provisions may not suitable for horse trailers) – that’s if the horses would be brought to the site.

• 2. The proposed changes on the field access to the facility would need to be shown on a plan. What you have provided does not show any works proposed to the access, although that has been indicated in the additional information provided to Highways. As such, you would need to provide a detailed plan showing the existing field access arrangements and the proposed changes as indicated in the information to highways.

Please note that I made several attempts to get calls through but have not been successful. I await the submission of these additional documents to ensure that the application is concluded in due time. Best Regards,

Paul Visigah, B.Tech (Hons), MSc, RTP, MRTPI Senior Planning Officer Planning and Building Control Directorate Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas Isle of Man IM1 2SF Telephone: (01624) 685913

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