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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 Ranimons Ltd Crossags Cottage Crossags Lane Off Lezayre Road Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 2TB 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 Mr Juan & Mrs Katherine Quirk, Ref 17/00217/B, for the Erection of a detached two storey building to provide three tourist units, erection of a replacement lean-to, creation of parking and paths and landscaping works at The Barn Ballavarteen West Grenaby Road Dogmills Ramsey Isle Of Man for the following reason(s): 1. The proposal is contrary to General Policy 3, Environment Policy 1 and Business Policies 11 and 14 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 in that the development represents new development in the open countryside contrary to established planning policy for which no acceptable justification has been given. The proposed buildings, by reason of their form and scale, would have an unwarranted detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the countryside, which should otherwise be protected for its own sake. The proposal is therefore also contrary to Environmental Policy 1 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. 2. Insufficient evidence has been provided to determine whether the trees to be retained along the boundaries of the site can be protected during the construction of the development proposed and furthermore, given the proximity of trees which are considered to have an important feature in the landscape there is also concern that the proximity of the three units to these trees would increase future pressure to remove them, in turn both reasons result in having an adverse visual impact through the loss of trees to this site and secondary increasing the visual appearance of the three units, as such, the proposal fails to comply with Environment Policy 1 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Date of Issue: 19th April 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 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 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.