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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 Onchan Pensioner Social Club C/o 27 Birchill Avenue Onchan Isle Of Man IM3 4ES 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 Onchan Pensioner Social Club, Ref 20/00180/B, for the Erection of clubhouse and the levelling and formation of two football pitches at Fields 534017 & 534018 Blackberry Lane Onchan Isle Of Man . 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. Prior to the commencement of any works and detail plan showing how the 51 parking spaces are to be formally laid out shall be submitted and approved by the Department and this approved scheme shall be completed prior to the use of either the clubhouse or two pitches, kept permanently available for the parking of vehicles associated with the club/s and retained thereafter. Reason; to ensure sufficient off road parking spaces are provided on site and in the interests of highway safety. 3. Only junior players not exceeding 18 years of age shall use the pitches (excluding coaches etc) hereby approved. No senior matches shall be played on the pitch. Reason: Permission has been granted on the basis for Onchan AFC only. 4. The existing field boundary which separates Fields 534017 & 534018 as shown on plan OAFC_IOM_124 shall be retained. Reason: In the interest of visual amenities of the site/area.

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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 5. For the avoidance of doubt no approval is hereby grand for any external floodlights to either pitch or attached to the clubhouse hereby approved. A further planning application would be required for such lightning. Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area. 6. No approval is hereby granted for the approval of any containers/storage units current within the site and such structures require additional planning approval. Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area. This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings reference numbers OAFC_IOM_121 REV A, OAFC_IOM_122, OAFC_IOM_123, OAFC_IOM_124 REV A, OAFC_IOM_125 REV A, OAFC_IOM_126 REV A and OAFC_IOM_127 all received on 14 February 2020. This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The application is considered to support the Onchan FC and residents of the area and IOM as a whole, providing a much need facility. Weight is attached that there is also an extant planning approval on this site and while this development increases the amount of pitches on the site, it is considered it does in a more sensitive way, compared to the original approved scheme. While the development will have a visual impact (any development would); it is considered the proposal proposed would not significantly or adversely affect the visual amenities of the area. The proposal would also have no significant adverse impact upon neighbouring amenities or upon highway safety. According the proposal is considered acceptable and complies with the relevant IOMSP policies. The application is recommended for an approval. Date of Issue: 16th June 2020 Director of Planning and Building Control

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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 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 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. Implementation The decision does not become final until either • Any appeal has been concluded; or • 21 days have passed since the date on this notice and no appeal has been submitted Development must progress in accordance with the plans approved under, and any conditions attached to this approval (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 must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain: • the grounds for making the appeal; • payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £285); and • if relevant, confirmation that the appellant wishes to have the appeal determined by means of an inquiry and payment of the additional inquiry fee (currently £100). Where the appeal is submitted by the applicant they must: • specify in detail and by reference to material planning considerations the reasons why the appellant disagrees with that determination; and • Where against a refusal, on the grounds of deficient detail or supporting documentation, set out why they consider the information or documentation forming part of the application was sufficient in the circumstance. If the appeal is submitted by someone who has interested Person Status but is not listed in Article 4(2) of the Development Procedure Order 2019, that person must relate their grounds for making the appeal to issues which they included in representations made prior to the application being determined. Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated. An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, 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.