Decision Notice

Architecture In Mann 80 Bucks Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 3AF

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 Foxdale Properties Ltd, Ref 16/01298/C, for the Operation of a temporary car park with controlled access (retrospective) at Vacant Land Woodbourne Lane Douglas Isle Of Man for the following reason(s):

• 1. The application fails to demonstrate that it provides satisfactory amenity standards in itself, including safe and convenient access for all highway users, together with adequate manoeuvring space, and also fails to demonstrate that it will not have an unacceptable effect on road safety or traffic flows on the local highways. As such, the application is contrary to Transport Policy 6 and parts (h) and (i) of General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• 2. The application proposes a use at a scale that is sufficiently and harmfully out of character with the local area and uses prevalent in that area to conclude it is contrary to parts (c) and (g) of General Policy 2, and also to part (iii) of Environment Policy 22, and also to Environment Policy 35 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 7th February 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 £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/

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.