Decision Notice

Mr K Jordan RIBA Chartered Architect Engadine Little Switzerland Douglas IM2 6AG

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 Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Department Of Home Affairs, Ref 16/00115/B, for the Conversion of station to a fire and rescue station with erection of a single storey extension to side elevation, provision of additional car parking, installation of an emergency generator to rear of building and access alterations at Ambulance Station Southlands Castletown Road Isle Of Man IM9 6BD 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.

• 2. 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 or the occupation of the dwellings, whichever is the sooner. 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.

REASON: the landscaping of the site is an integral part of the scheme and must be implemented as approved.

• 3. Prior to any construction the access shown on drawing no 1537 05 rev A date stamped 04/02/16 shall be constructed and the visibility splays shall remain unobstructed at a height of 0.9m thereafter. Reason: In the interest of highway safety.
• 4. Prior to the occupation of the extension the car parking and manoeuvring areas shall be provided and remain free from obstruction thereafter. Reason: To ensure that adequate car parking is provided in the interest of highway safety.

• 5. Notwithstanding the planting shown to be introduced at the front of the site, there must be shrubs planted at the southern end of the site in accordance with a plan to be submitted prior to the commencement of works.

REASON: the trees shown on the approved plans are unlikely to survive given the limited soil area available to them.

This decision relates to drawings 01, 02, 03, 04, 05A, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 1537/15 all received on 4th February, 2016.

Date of Issue: 9th March 2016

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority delegated to her in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

This permission refers only to that required under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument.

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 Town and Country Planning (Application and Appeal Fees) (No2) Order 2015 (currently £165);
•  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 https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planningapplications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/

The proposed development must not be commenced until either;

•  The time for requesting an appeal has expired; or
•  Any appeal has been determined;

Whichever is the later.

If no 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.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is now available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom

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.