DEC Decision Notice

Kevin Faragher Wetfields Ballagawne Road Baldrine Isle Of Man IM4 6EJ

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 Kevin Faragher, Ref 19/00281/C, for the Additional use of agricultural building as agricultural supplies merchant (retrospective) at Ballacoar Farm Ballagawne Road Baldrine Isle Of Man IM4 6EJ subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

• 1. The agricultural supplies use hereby approved shall be limited only to within the area outlined in red on the site plan (scale 1:1250) date stamped as received on 13th March 2019.

Reason: To prevent an escalation and expansion of the use from a secondary one to primary, and to ensure that the farm itself remain the primary use.

• 2. No customers shall be sold to or accommodated on site for the purposes of acquisition of agricultural supplies at any time.

Reason: To reduce the risk of excess traffic demand on the local highways in the area, and impacts on highway safety, and to reduce the biosecurity risk of frequent visitors to the site.

• 3. The additional use approved shall remain connected with the main farm in that it shall only be owned and operated alongside the wider farm.

Reason: To ensure that segregation of the commercial site from the wider farm does not occur.

This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 13th March 2019:

• o Location Plan
• o Site Plan

Date of Issue: 10th 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.