DEC Decision Notice

Mr J A Oldroyd The Barn 3 Primrose Lane Hightown Liversedge W Yorks WF15 6NS

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 APPROVE an application by Bluewave Communications Ltd, Ref 19/00129/B, for the Erection of a 40m high mast with supporting structure, boundary fence and ancillary buildings at Old BBC Transmitting Site Old Castletown Road Douglas Isle Of Man subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

• 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

• 2. Notwithstanding drawing number no 19/14/A (date stamped as having been received 08/02/19) prior to the development hereby approved being brought into use, Paladin fencing shall be erected around the site to a height of no more than 2.15 metres and powder coated dark green. The fencing shall be retained as such thereafter, unless required to be removed by condition 5. Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
• 3. The building hereby approved shall be coloured to match the existing building on the site unless otherwise approved in writing by the Department. Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
• 4. No generator shall be installed on the site unless in accordance with details which have first been approved in writing by the Department. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and to protect the visual amenities of the area.
• 5. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Department, the mast, fencing, building, generator and slab hereby approved shall be removed from the site within 6 months of the site no longer being in use.

Reason: To protect the visual amenities of the countryside from unwarranted development. This approval relates to the following drawings and information:

• - Locaton Plan; Boundary Plan, Planning Drawing 19/14/A and covering letter; submitted to the Department, and dated stamped 8th February 2019;
• - Certificate of Conformity with EN 50385:2017 requirements and Declaration of Conformity with International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Public Exposure Guidelines; and
• - Supporting Statement received by E-mail on 5th June 2019.

Date of Issue: 25th June 2019

Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it.

All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is 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 This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

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 current Fees Order;
•  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.