Additional use of site as a Food festival with associated facilities and craft market for the period 27th May 2024 set up to the 8th June 2024

Refusal Reasons

• ✗The proposed development is unacceptable because the application contains insufficient details and a lack of clarity in respect of the following: Traffic management details, and a lack of information regarding both on and off-site parking provision; Lack of adequate access details including access to St Ninian's Court, and St Andrew's Church; An over-reliance on details provided by Manx Motorsport and an unclear relationship of the proposed site operations to them; The proposed development would have an unacceptably adverse impact on occupants of the adjoining St Ninian's Court Residential Home for the over 50's, where many residents who are either elderly/inform or both, rely on easy access to their allocated car parking spaces and unfettered access to the public road network. The proposal is, therefore, contrary to the provisions of Policies SP1; ST4; ST8; GEN2 h) and i); T4 and T7 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• ✗The proposed development is unacceptable because the Food Festival with associated facilities, including siting of Food and Craft Stalls, Portaloos, and Busker Music Stage would result in an adverse impact on the residential amenities of occupants of St Ninian's Court through noise and disturbance, food smells and odours; and, general litter when levels of disturbance are generally heightened during the TT Fortnight given the close proximity of the site to the TT Grandstand and associated facilities; and, activities carried out at Noble's Park which adjoins the site. This would be contrary to the provisions of Policies GEN2 g); ENV22 iii); and, ENV23 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• ✗The proposed development is unacceptable because it would have an unknown impact on the existing offerings from the authorised TT Facilities on and around Nobles Park and that associated with the Permanent TT Grandstand complex, where there are significant food offerings available to serve visitors to this area. The site of the proposed development is located outside Douglas City Centre and the proposal fails to accord with the Department for Enterprise's City/Town Centre First Policy; and, Policies Business 9 and Business 11 contained in the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• ✗The proposed development is unacceptable because it involves running a Food Festival, Craft Fair and associated development for the TT Fortnight period (27th May - 8th June, 2024) within the grounds of the Registered St Ninian's Church. This would be unduly harmful to the character and setting of this Registered Building contrary to the provisions of Environment Policy 33 in the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.