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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 Dandara Homes Limited Mr D Humphrey Dandara Group Head Office IoM Business Park Cooil Road Braddan IM2 2SA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act, and subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to REFUSE an application by Dandara Homes Limited, Ref 24/00082/B, for the Erection of thirty one terraced and semi-detached dwellings on the site of previously approved twenty one detached, terraced and semi-detached dwellings at 1 To 17 Karran Close And 27 To 30 Taggart Close Reayrt Mie Ballasalla IM9 2BP for the following reason(s): 1. The proposed development is unacceptable because it would result in the addition of a further 10 dwellings, up from 21 to 31, on the same site area, via the employment of smaller house types. This would give rise to a cramped appearance and a harder, less convivial character with an emphasis on car parking provision in rows to the front of dwellings, resulting in a vehicle dominated development that would have a harmful impact upon the visual amenity of the streetscene. This would give rise to an unacceptably poor living environment and low level of residential amenity for the occupants of these, and neighbouring properties. The application fails specifically, because: o Plot B105 - the dwelling would have a cramped appearance on the plot with poorly related amenity space especially to the rear of the dwelling. The rear garden area scales at between 5m and 10m in depth. The garden area to side of garage is poorly related to the dwelling and would be wasted space with minimal amenity value. The dwelling would have a poor relationship with the rear aspects of dwellings to the north at Plots B101 and B102, which would be unacceptably harmful to the outlook from these adjoining properties, and; o Plot B113 - the siting of this proposed dwelling raises similar concerns to those expressed in relation to plot B105. Cramped appearance on the plot, poorly related amenity space especially to the rear of the dwelling - rear garden area scales at between 5m and 10m in depth. The garden area to side of garage is poorly related to the dwelling and would be wasted space with minimal amenity value. The dwelling would have a poor relationship with the rear aspects of the dwellings to the north at Plots B95 and B96 - especially when combined with the siting and relationship of the pair of dwellings at B114 and B115. The B115 dwelling will appear overbearing in relation to the outlook from the rear of B113; and, would overshadow the rear garden area of Plot B113. The outlook from the front of B114 will appear oppressive owing to the extent of the forward projection of the Plot B113 dwelling;

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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 o Plot B120 - this dwelling is sited too close to the site boundary offering a hard edge to the Farmhouse and its grounds to the south. It would also project forward of the attached dwelling at Plot B119 and would appear overbearing in relation to the outlook from the front of B119 and would overshadow its front garden area; o With the exception of the dwellings at Plots B105 and B106, B111-B113; and, Plots B88 - B91, the parking allocated to serve the proposed dwellings is located in rows to the front - only 2 of the Larch dwellings have garages at plots B105 and B113, the other 29 units have dedicated parking spaces. This would result in a vehicle dominated development that would have an unacceptably harmful impact upon the visual amenity of the streetscene; o In particular, the parking spaces serving Plots B109 to B120 are located - 7 each side - directly opposite each other in a cul-de-sac. This creates a very poor, vehicle dominated environment - overall the revised layout is dominated by parking provision resulting in a poor living environment for the occupants of all these dwellings. This is contrary to the provisions of Policies ST1, ST3, ST5, GEN2, and ENV42 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Date of Issue: 22nd May 2024 J CHANCE 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 the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it. This decision refers only to that applied for under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation. A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services www.gov.im/Viewapplications) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas. Appeal Any appeal must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain: · the grounds for making the appeal; · payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £335); and if relevant, confirmation that the appellant wishes to have the appeal determined by means of an inquiry and payment of the additional inquiry fee (currently £125). Where the appeal is submitted by the applicant they must: · specify in detail and by reference to material planning considerations the reasons why the appellant disagrees with that determination; and · Where against a refusal, on the grounds of deficient detail or supporting documentation, set out why they consider the information or documentation forming part of the application was sufficient in the circumstance. If the appeal is submitted by someone who has interested Person Status but is not listed in Article 4(2) of the Development Procedure Order 2019, that person must relate their grounds for making the appeal to issues which they included in representations made prior to the application being determined. Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated. An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application (should one have been received) 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.