Decision Notice

McGarrigle Architects Ltd 19 Mount Havelock Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 2QG

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 Spaldrick Care Ltd, Ref 17/00947/B, for the Demolition of existing building and erection of a 72 bedroom residential care home with associated car parking, access, landscaping and highway alterations at Spaldrick House Bradda Road Port Erin Isle Of Man IM9 6PQ for the following reason(s):

• 1. By virtue of its size and position, the proposed building fails to respect the site and surroundings in terms of its siting, layout, scale, form, design and would therefore represent over-development by adversely affecting the character and amenity of the locality. The proposed development is therefore contrary to parts (b) and (c) of General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• 2. By virtue of its size and position, the proposed building would provide new views over dwellings on Bradda Glen Close at an uncomfortably close distance and would therefore comprise development that would adversely affect the amenity of the occupiers of those dwellings, contrary to part (g) of General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 20th November 2017

Director of Planning and Building Control

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 £175);
•  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/

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.

PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice.