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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 Cornerstone Architects 79 Parliament Street Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1AQ 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 REFUSE an application by Callows Yard Limited, Ref 16/01317/B, for the Additional use and conversion of retail units to form two residential units for permanent and tourist use at 17 & 19 Malew Street Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1AB for the following reason(s): 1. The proposal, by virtue of the loss of the ground floor retail accommodation would reduce the extent of commercial floorspace available within the town and as such would dilute the interest and range of commercial operations therein, contrary to the objectives of the Government's Retail Strategy as well as Community Policy 4 of the Strategic Plan and Mixed Use Proposal 1 of the Area Plan for the South. 2. The occupants of the proposed residential units would have very little privacy by virtue of the units' only windows being immediately adjacent to a main pedestrian thoroughfare and some windows also adjacent to a vehicular thoroughfare. Added to this the lights of vehicles approaching in darker hours are likely to shine directly into the front windows of the properties which is not likely to be conducive to a comfortable occupancy. Date of Issue: 9th January 2017 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 in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department. This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013. Whilst a copy of the Officer’s report is included alongside this notice, any wider 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 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/planning- applications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/ 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. 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.