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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 The Manx Viking Project Ltd Mr C Hall Kattegat Sandygate Isle Of Man IM7 3AG 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 Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by The Manx Viking Project Ltd, Ref 24/00603/B, for the Variation of condition 1 of PA 21/01308/B (Creation of Viking Settlement for education and entertainment purposes including erection of buildings and means of access) to extend the period of approval for a further three years at Kattegat Jurby Road Sandygate Ramsey Isle Of Man IM7 3AG . Any conditions or notes which apply to the approval are set out below. This approval is subject to compliance with any conditions listed and may not be implemented until it becomes final (see guidance notes). 1. All buildings (i.e. Workshop, Office, Tool Shed, Log store, Toilet, Utility, Solar battery)/solar panels/wind turbine/car park/access/access lanes approved within phase 1 shall be removed completely from the site and the land seeded with grass: o within 3 years of the date of this decision becoming final, in the event that work on phase 2 has not been fully completed; or o within 18 months of the buildings in phase 2 last being used, in the event that the buildings in phase 2 are completed and subsequently unused for a period exceeding 12 months. Reason: in the interest of local amenity, visual amenities of the countryside and as permission has been granted on exception circumstances. 2. In the event the works approved under phases 2 and /or 3 are completed and un-used for a period exceeding 12 months they shall be removed from site and the land seeded with grass within 18 months of the buildings last being used. Reason: in the interest of local amenity, visual amenities of the countryside and as permission has been granted on exception circumstances.
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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 3. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, including supporting statement, unless otherwise required by the conditions attached to this notice. Reason: To ensure the development takes place with the approved details and for the avoidance of doubt. 4. For the avoidance of doubt no approval is hereby given for the use of any building approved under this application to be used as a residential dwelling and shall only be used in associated of the operation of the Viking settlement attraction (and such use shall exclude overnight accommodation for staff or visitors). Reason: no approval is sought for any residential development and the application has been considered on this basis and there is a presumption against new residential development within the countryside. 5. No more than three events (i.e. wedding events or similar) shall take place in any one calendar year, and no more than 1 event shall take place in any 4 week period unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Department. This restriction does not include the uses of the site as a Viking attraction. Reason: in the interest of local amenity. 6. Each evening event (i.e. wedding) shall cease by midnight and no guests shall be permitted to remain on the site for more than 30 minutes following the event ceasing. Reason: in the interest of local amenity. 7. The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the means of vehicular access has been constructed in accordance with the approved plans, and shall thereafter be retained for access purposes only. Reason: In the interests of highway safety. 8. The visibility splay(s) identified on the visibility plan dated 19.10.2021; shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plans and thereafter kept permanently clear of any obstruction exceeding 1050 mm in height above adjoining carriageway level. Reason: In the interests of highway safety. 9. No development shall take place until full details of soft and hard landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and these works shall be carried out as approved. Details of the soft landscaping works include details of new planting (tree planting) showing, type, size and position of each and additional hedgerow and/or sod banks along the car parks eastern and southern boundaries. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the site, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. The hard landscaping should include details of the surface finish of the roadways/access. The
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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 hard landscaping works shall be completed in full accordance with the approved details prior to the operation of the site. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development. 10. No approval is hereby given for the development of any open water wetland within the site. Reason; The submission does not included such details and therefore has not been considered. 11. The café and retail units as shown on drawings Site Plan 2 and Building Plan 2 shall only be operated in associated with the Viking Village attraction and shall not be operated independently from this approved use. Reason: These aspects have only been considered acceptable in this location due to their association with the Viking Village attraction. 12. No kiln shall be installed or operated at the site unless in accordance with details which have first been approved in writing by the Department Reason: To avoid any unacceptable environmental impact and to avoid the creation of any need for overnight staff accommodation. 13. For the avoidance of doubt only the following works/buildings/structure are hereby approved by this planning application; APPROVED Within field Nr 211114 - Northern section of field o Creation of a new vehicular access within Field Nr 211114 directly onto Jurby Road; o Creation of a new car park (43 spaces and coach drop off) within Field Nr 211114; o Tool shed along western boundary (7.5m x 4m); o New trees planted around car park; o Ticket shed building (3m x 2m); o Toilet building (6m x 3m); o Open timber store; o Access roads; and o Solar panels (7.5m x 1.5m). Within field Nr 214150 o Long House (15m x 6m); o Café building (5m x 5m); o Shop building (3m x 5m); o Forge building (3m x 7m); o Foot bridge (3m x 2m); o Workshop (5m x 4m); o Office building (7.2m x 2.4) which is retrospective; o Toilet building (1.2m x 1m); o Log store building (2m x 1.2m) which is retrospective; o Utility building (2m x 3m) which is retrospective; o Solar battery building ( 2.1 x 1.1m) which is retrospective;
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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 Wind Turbine (5m pole with 1.9m diameter turbine - total 6.2m); o Temple building (4m x 5m); o Footbridge (3m x 5m). Within field Nr214149 o Creation of a small farmstead including a Farm House (6m x 4m) with barn (3m x 3m) - not a residential property; NOT APPROVED No approval is hereby given the wooded cabin within field 214150 or any other building/vehicle/structure not included in the above list and no approval is hereby given for any residential element on this site. Reason: The application has sought approval those items which are listed as approved and has been considered on this basis only in an area which is not designated for development. 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order (2012) and Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) (Temporary Use or Development) Order 2015 Schedule 1 Class B or any order amending or replacing these orders, no development may take place at the site other than in accordance with an approval set out within a specific planning application. Reason: given the nature and location of the proposal and the need to protect the countryside. 15. The wind turbine hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict accordance with the impact assessment and mitigation sections of the Bat Survey Report (compiled on 02/08/2024) prepared by Manx Bat Group namely the following;
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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 Site Plan 4 Turbine Plan 1 Vehicle Bridge Plan 1 Visibility Splay Plan Revised Entrance Plan Viking Temple Tree Removal Plan Visibility Tree Removal Plan 29.05.2024 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit - Designers response document This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) In summary; as previously considered, the proposal in terms of the principle of the use is an unusual form of development on the IOM and arguably would result in buildings or works required for interpretation of the countryside, its wildlife or heritage i.e. the Norse history of the IOM. While the introduction of such visitor attraction will have impacts upon the visual amenities of the countryside given the development required to provide such facility. However, in this case, given existing mature wooded areas, existing landscaping and with additional landscaping in and around the site; it is considered the benefits of the proposal would bring (including economic and cultural), outweigh the potential visual impacts. Further, the distance from neighbouring properties and with appropriately worded conditions to restrict the events on the site, namely late night events (i.e. weddings etc), it is considered the impacts to neighbouring amenities can be protected. Date of Issue: 4th September 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. Implementation The decision does not become final until either Any appeal has been concluded; or 21 days have passed since the date on this notice and no appeal has been submitted Development must progress in accordance with the plans approved under, and any conditions attached to this approval (irrespective of any changes that may separately be requested at the Building Control stage or by any other Statutory Authority). This approval does not remove the need to also comply with any other relevant legislation. Any conditions requiring certain works, submissions etc. prior to commencement of development must be fulfilled prior to work starting on site. Failure to adhere to this approval and meet the requirements of all conditions may invalidate this approval or result in formal enforcement action. 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 £355); 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 £130). 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.
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