Certificate of Lawfulness
Reference: 18/00585/LAW
Town And Country Planning Act 1999 Certificate Of Lawful Use Or Development
The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture hereby certifies that on the 12th June 2018, matter described in Schedule 1 to this certificate in respect of the land specified in Schedule 2 to this certificate and edged REDon the plan attached to this certificate, would have been lawful within the meaning of section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 for the following reason(s):
1) Taking into account the evidence supplied by the applicant, it is demonstrated that the roofing works shown in the photographs received on 4th June, 2018 were carried out more than 4 years ago.
This decision was made by a Senior Planning Officer under the Government Departments Act 1987, in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.
- Schedule 1. Uses to which this certificate relates
The replacement of the existing roof
- Schedule 2. The Land to Which the Notice Relates
2 Lhargan Port St. Mary Isle Of Man IM9 5AR
Date 10th July 2018 Signed on behalf of the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture
Miss J Chance MRTPI Director of Planning and Building Control
Notes
- 1. This certificate is issued solely for the purpose of section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999.
- 2. It certifies that the matter specified in Schedule 1 taking place on the land described in Schedule 2 would have been lawful, on the specified date and, thus, would not have been liable to enforcement action under section 26 of the 1999 Act on that date.
- 3. This certificate applies only to the extent of the matter described in Schedule 1 and to the land specified in Schedule 2 and identified on the attached plan. Any matter which is materially different from that described or which relates to other land may render the owner or occupier liable to enforcement action.
- 4. The effect of the certificate is also qualified by the proviso in section 24(3) of the 1999 Act, which states that the lawfulness of a described use or operation is only conclusively presumed where there has been no material change, before the use is instituted or the operations begun, in any of the matters relevant to determining such lawfulness.