Prior Approval Decision Notice

Mr Gordon John Leece 9 Cherry Walk Highwood Hill Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 5NS

PLANNING & BUILDING CONTROL RECEIVED ON

• 7 FEB 2023

DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT ROOM 8AM'S APPROVED 8:00 A.M. 23/00190

Town And Country Planning Act 1999

The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act, and subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Isle Of Man Vagabonds RUFC Ltd, Ref 19/01332/C, for the Temporary use of rugby pitch and facilities as a camp site for TT Practice and Race Weeks at Ballafletcher Sports Centre Strang Douglas Isle Of Man IM4 4RA and subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

1. The camp site may be available for use no earlier than the day before the first practice associated with the TT races and up to the day after the last race and the camp site may be erected within five days before this and taken down within five days after this.

Reason: The application is for the use of the site for the TT period only and whilst provision should be made for setting up and dismantling the camp site, the site should not be used for camping outside those times reasonably associated with these race periods.

1. There shall be no vehicular access to the site other than via the hospital access road.

Reason: In the interest of highway safety.

1. Car parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided and remain free from obstruction.

Reason: In the interest of highway safety.

1. There shall be no pitching of tents outside of the rugby pitches shown within the red line boundary on the site plan submitted as part of the application and date-stamped as having been received 25.11.19 and there shall be no pitching of tents within the cricket wicket area shown cross hatched on that plan.

Department of Environment Food and Agriculture, Planning & Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Email [email protected]. Tel 01624 685950

Reason: In the interests of public and private amenity, and given that the proposal is approved as a Departure from the Development Plan based on the circumstances in 2020, and to protect the use of the site as a sports ground.

1. There shall be no pitching of tents on the area of the Western Rugby Pitch as shown within the red line boundary on the site plan submitted as part of the application and date-stamped as having been received 25.11.19 other than for TT 2020, 2021 and 2022

Reason: In the interests of public and private amenity and to limit the overall scale of the development in the longer term,

1. The maximum number of pitches to be available for use shall be restricted to 60 other than for TT 2020, 2021 and 2022 where the maximum number of pitches shall be 120.

Reason: In the interest of public and private amenity and highway safety.

This approval relates to the following plans/information all date stamped as having been received 25.11.19:

• Site and Location Plans;
• Internal Layout plan; and
• Two emails from Gordon Leece dated 04.11.19.

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s)

Given the planning history of the site and circumstances of the site and proposal it is considered that these could constitute 'other material considerations' that could justify a departure from the development plan. It is therefore considered that for this particularly proposal on this particular site, that a further temporary approval for an increase in numbers and area is appropriate, and this would allow time for more information to be gathered in relation to parking and clearer evidence for permanent increase to be produced (either site-specific by the applicant and/or sector wide by the Department for Enterprise/Cabinet Office).

Date of Issue: 18th February 2020

Guidance Note

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

All 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.

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

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria stated in the Order, specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain:

• payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the current Fees Order;
• the reasons for making the appeal; and
• an election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation.

An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department's website www.gov.im/planningappeal

If no valid appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, 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.