Decision Notice

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 Tel's Limited, Ref 25/91019/C, for the Change of use of commercial building to a waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling operation (WEEE) (Sui Generis) at Unit 1 Kirby Farm Industrial Estate Vicarage Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM4 4LA .

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. The use hereby approved shall only be for a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling operation and for no other use, including any other waste management activity.

Reason: The development has been assessed on the basis of the specific nature and scale of the WEEE recycling operation proposed. Any alternative use could give rise to materially different impacts which would require separate planning consideration.

• 3. The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the submitted plans (Drawing No. 1744) and the operational description document, operational flowchart, and traffic assessment, all received 18 November 2025.

Reason: The acceptability of the development depends on the operational parameters described, including the fully internalised nature of the activity and the absence of external processing or storage.

• 4. There shall be no external storage of waste materials, skips, containers, equipment or other materials associated with the approved use outside the building at any time, unless in accordance with details which have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department.

• Reason: To protect the visual appearance of the site, safeguard local amenity, and ensure the development operates in accordance with the basis upon which planning permission has been granted, in accordance with General Policy 2 and Environment Policy 22.
• 5. Notwithstanding Condition 3, the use hereby approved shall operate without public access. No members of the public shall deliver waste to the site or attend the site in connection with the approved use.

Reason: To ensure that the development does not generate additional traffic movements or activity inconsistent with the assessed highway and amenity impacts, in accordance with General Policy 2 and Transport Policies 1 and 4.

• 6. The use hereby approved shall not be undertaken outside the following hours:

• o 07.00 to 19.00 hours Monday to Friday
• o 07.00 to 13.00 hours on Saturdays
• o At no time on Sundays or public holidays

Reason: To protect the amenities of the surrounding area and adjacent land users, in accordance with General Policy 2 and Environment Policy 22.

• 7. The parking, servicing and manoeuvring areas shown on the approved plan (Drawing No. 1744) shall be retained and made available for those purposes at all times and shall not be obstructed or used for storage.

Reason: To ensure that adequate parking and servicing provision is maintained in the interests of highway safety and network functionality, in accordance with General Policy 2 and Transport Policy 7.

This decision relates to the following documents and plans:

• o Traffic Assessment
• o Operations Flowchart
• o Operational Description
• o Location, site and floor plans and photographs, Drawing No. 1744
• o Drawing register All documents received 18 November 2025.

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The proposal is acceptable notwithstanding its departure from Business Policy 5, as the development would make efficient use of an existing industrial building within an established employment area, retain the site in active employment use, and contribute to the strategic

• objectives of sustainable waste management and resource recovery. The fully internalised nature of the operations, together with the absence of external alterations or storage, ensures that the development would not result in unacceptable impacts on visual appearance, local amenity, environmental quality or highway safety. The proposal is therefore considered to accord, on balance, with General Policy 2, Strategic Policies 1, 5, 6 and 10 of the Strategic Plan, Transport Policies 1, 4 and 7, Environment Policy 22, Waste Policy 1, and the objectives of the Waste Strategy 2012 to 2022.

Date of Issue: 25th February 2026

A MORGAN

Interim 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 informed the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via https://pbc.gov.im/onlineapplications/)

Implementation A determination to grant planning approval does not have effect —

•  if an appeal is submitted until the appeal is determined or withdrawn; or
•  if no appeal is submitted, but there are potential appellants in addition to the applicant, until the time within which an appeal may be submitted has expired (21 days from the date of this notice).

Development must be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and any attached conditions (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 can only be made by a person who has been accorded rights to do so, must be in writing, include the appropriate fee and be submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice.

Guidance on how to appeal is available at gov.im/howtoappeal