15 May 2007 · Committee
Land At Ballafletcher Adjacent New Nobles Hospital, Braddan Road, Strang, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4ra
The application sought permission for the laying out of sports pitches and associated car parking on land at Ballafletcher adjacent to New Nobles Hospital. The site is described as south east of the hospital and currently in use as agriculture, with no vehicular access to the site. The proposal’s potential effects included visual impact and traffic implications, which were identified as key issues. The Planning Committee approved the application and included six conditions and notes requested by the Committee. The decision was made by the Planning Committee constituted under the Development Procedure Order 2005.
The Planning Committee approved the application for sports pitches and associated car parking. The decision was based on consideration of key issues identified in the officer report, including visual impact and traffic implications. The Committee granted permission subject to six conditions and notes.
Braddan Plan
The site is identified as "Land Owned by Government Open Space in Agricultural Use"
ical basis. By virtue of the revocation of the development plans referred to in Article 5 (d) and (g), the Cabinet Office also withdraws the following Planning Circulars in their entirety - 1. PC 6/91 - the Braddan Local Plan: Written Statement; and 2. PC 1/2000 - the Onchan Local Plan: Written Statement.
Condition 1
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Condition 2
This approval relates to the plans and statements submitted as part of this application and date stamped 13th November 2006.
Condition 3
Prior to the commencement of the development, details must be submitted to the Planning Authority for consideration and approval of the car parking layout to indicate provision within that area for disabled parking and for the parking and turning of coaches/buses. Such a plan to be prepared following discussion with the Department of Transport Highways Division. In addition, details of the car park finish must be submitted for consideration and approval by the Planning Authority. The foregoing approved car parking layout must be laid out with surface treatment prior to the use of the pitches hereby approved and thereafter retained for such purpose.
Condition 4
No approval is hereby granted or implied for the erection of lighting or the construction of a changing room/pavilion. Such matters to form the subject of further planning applications.
Condition 5
There must be no discharge of surface water (directly or indirectly) or any land drainage flow from this proposed development to any foul drainage system or surface water sewer so as to comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport Drainage Division.
Condition 6
No development may commence until there has been approved by the Planning Authority a scheme of landscaping which includes indications of all existing trees and hedges within the site and details of any to be retained together with measures for their protection during the course of construction. 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. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species.
