Decision Notice

Mr G Watterson 23 Creggans Avenue Peel IM5 1DD

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 Helmley Enterprises Limited, Ref 17/00087/C, for the Change of use from office (Class 4) to ground floor retail (Class 1) and a residential apartment on first and second floors at 14 Douglas Street Peel Isle Of Man IM5 1BA 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. Notwithstanding the approved details, no alterations to the access to the parking area to the rear (southwest) of 14 Douglas Street, Peel are hereby approved.

Reason: There is no particular need for additional parking space to be associated with this development and, while the physical works proposed are not objectionable, the widening of the access to provide an additional car parking space would reduce the amount of land that could be made available for public parking as well as worsening residents' access to the bin storage area.

• 3. For the avoidance of doubt, the residential unit hereby approved shall not be occupied until the bin store shown on the approved drawing (date-stamped as having been received 26th January 2017) has been laid out as shown thereon.

Reason: In order to provide adequate bin storage facilities as required by Housing Policy 17 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

The development hereby approved relates to the unnumbered and untitled drawing showing the location plan and existing and proposed floorplans and elevations, datestamped as having been received 26th January 2017.

Date of Issue: 3rd March 2017

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority delegated to them 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 2016 (currently £170);
•  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.