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APPENDIX 3
SETTLEMENT PATTERN

A New Settlement

A.3.1 The Consultation Draft published in May 2000 mooted the idea of a new settlement as a means of accommodating future development.

A.3.2 The Department has examined this idea, having regard in so doing to the following matters:-

1. the likelihood of there being a shortage in the provision of housing land without resort to a new settlement;
2. the size of a settlement which would be large enough to support a local school, shops, employment, and other services;
3. whether there are on the Island any "brownfield" sites of suitable size and location for such a proposal;
4. whether such a proposal could take advantage of existing or planned infrastructure such as the IRIS scheme or the public transport network;
5. the visual impact of a new settlement;
6. the historical pattern of development on the Island; and
7. comparison with the sustainability of alternative options.

A.3.3 The Department has concluded that

1. within the Plan period, our existing towns and villages can accommodate additional development sufficient to meet the demand therefor; indeed, most of our towns would benefit from further development of redundant or under-used land, and most of our villages would benefit from additional housing to support local schools, shops, and other services;
2. there is not a "brownfield" site which could accommodate satisfactorily a settlement of the required scale;
3. there is not a suitable site which could take advantage of either the IRIS scheme or our railway or tramway routes;
4. in any case, the visual impact of a new settlement would be so massive as to have an inevitably greater adverse impact on our countryside than would alternative options; and
5. the pattern of development on the Island is characterized by slow evolution over many years, with the various characteristics and qualities of each individual settlement emerging from years of reaction to the people who have lived and worked there, and from the demands and changing circumstances which the settlements have faced; each settlement on the Island is unique, thanks to those who have influenced it; any new settlement would have no history, no family connections and no Manx tradition, and would thus be alien to the slow and deliberate pace at which the Isle of Man has developed.

A.3.4 Accordingly, the Department has rejected the idea of a new settlement.

Existing Settlements

A.3.5 Those existing settlements which have the size and characteristics of a town or village, and which are served by mains drainage systems are identified in the schedule below, together with details of the relevant area plan.

A.3.6

Settlement	Area Plan
Bride	1982 Development Plan
Andreas	1982 Development Plan
Jurby	1982 Development Plan
Ballaugh	1982 Development Plan
Sulby	Sulby Local Plan 1999
Ramsey	Ramsey Local Plan 1998
Glen Mona	1982 Development Plan
Laxey	Laxey Local Plan 1989; Laxey and Lonan Area Plan approved 2005
Baldrine	1982 Development Plan; Laxey and Lonan Area Plan approved 2005
Kirk Michael	Kirk Michael Local Plan 1994
Peel	Peel Local Plan 1989
St John's	St John's Local Plan 1999
Crosby	1982 Development Plan
Glen Vine	1982 Development Plan
Union Mills	Braddan Local Plan 1991; Draft Braddan Parish Plan abandoned 2006
The Strang	Braddan Local Plan 1991; Draft Braddan Parish Plan abandoned 2006
Onchan	Onchan Local Plan 2000
Douglas	Douglas Local Plan 1998
Glen Maye	1982 Development Plan
Dalby	1982 Development Plan
Foxdale	Foxdale Local Plan 1999
Newtown/Mount Murray	1982 Development Plan/Braddan Local Plan 1991
Ballasalla	1982 Development Plan
Castletown	Castletown Local Plan 1991
Ballabeg	Arbory and East Rushen Local Plan 1999
Colby	Arbory and East Rushen Local Plan 1999
Ballafesson	Arbory and East Rushen Local Plan 1999
Port St Mary	1982 Development Plan
Port Erin	Port Erin Local Plan 1990

A.3.7 These are the towns and villages to which the Strategic Policy at paragraph 4.3.1 refers. Cregneash may also be judged to have the characteristics of a village, but as the National Folk Museum it is subject to special consideration, seeking to preserve and protect the authenticity and integrity of the village and its setting. Maughold also has some of the characteristics of a village but consists of only a small number of houses within the Conservation Area and has a recognised special historic character.

APPENDIX 4

GUIDANCE ON REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF A FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT

Introduction

A.4.1 The following guidance relates only to the commissioning and undertaking of flood risk assessment studies on particular sites. Flood risk assessments will be required for both fluvial and tidal flooding. The Department of Transport is currently developing a Flood Risk Guidance Document and undertaking flood mapping, the results of which will be fed into the preparation of the Area Plans.

Preparation

A.4.2 Where it is judged that a flood risk assessment is required, the nature of the study undertaken