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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 Matthew And Lynda Ingham The Nab Top Road Crosby Isle Of Man IM4 4HL 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 Matthew And Lynda Ingham, Ref 23/01367/B, for the Erection of domestic wind turbine at The Nab Top Road Crosby Isle Of Man IM4 4HL . 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. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals. 2. The development, hereby permitted, shall be undertaken in line with the Reasonable Avoidance Measures for Common Lizard contained in Appendix II of Ecology Vannin's Advice Note: 'Wind Turbine Site Assessment and Advice, dated June 2024.' Reason: To protect and enhance the habitat of the Common Lizard on and around the site. 3. Within 12 months of the point where the wind turbine permanently ceases to produce electricity, the wind turbine and its ancillary equipment and infrastructure shall be removed, and the land restored, in accordance with a decommissioning and site restoration scheme which shall first submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Department. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To protect the visual amenities of the area.

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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 development, hereby permitted, shall be carried out in Accordance with the following approved plans and details: Drawing No. 11 - Site Location Plan showing the site edged red @ scale 1:2,500 - date-stamped received on 17th September, 2024; Drawing No. 10 - Block Plan showing the site of the proposed domestic wind turbine - date- stamped received on 20th September, 2024; Wind Turbine Dimensions sheet; Wind Turbine Dimensions Plan View; 3D View; and, Elevations; The Nab Farm - Advice Note: Wind Turbine Site Assessment and Advice dated June 2024, by Ecology Vannin Consultancy Services received 30th August 2024; All date stamped received 13 November, 2023, unless otherwise indicated. This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The environmental benefits of the proposed scheme outweigh the limited identified harm to the countryside and as such the proposed wind turbine would comply with the Energy Policy 4 and Environment Policy 2. In addition the proposed wind turbine is not considered to unduly harm the residential amenity of the occupants of the nearby dwellings. Date of Issue: 14th October 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.