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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 ArchTec (IOM) Ltd Architectural Design Consultants Martyn Hobson Architectural Studio 7 Olafs Close Douglas IM2 7AR 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 Mr & Mrs Kenneth McGovern, Ref 24/00240/B, for the Erection of a detached dwelling with garage and vehicular access (previously approved under PA 23/00793/B) at Land Adjacent To Elmwood Somerset Road Douglas Isle Of Man for the following reason(s): 1. The proposed design of dwelling involving the addition of the rear first floor balcony is unacceptable in terms of its impacts on neighbours residential amenity through its close proximity to and overlooking of the rear aspects and gardens of dwellings in the row to the rear at Nos. 2-10 (even nos. only) Cronkbourne Avenue, with No. 10 being located closest to the site with a resultant loss of privacy to occupants of these dwellings. The balcony would be located approx. 12.0m from the nearest corner of No. 10 dwelling. Furthermore, it would, owing to its projection outwards from the rear of the dwelling and relationship to the side/rear elevation and rear garden of the adjoining dwelling to the north at Elmwood, result in an unacceptable degree of overlooking/loss of privacy, and overshadowing/loss of sunlight which would otherwise not occur to the occupants of Elmwood if the previously approved PA 23/00293/B design is fully implemented. This fails to accord with the provisions of Policies GEN2 b) c) and g), and ENV23 in the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Date of Issue: 23rd 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 a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority delegated to them. 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.