252311 — 23/01330/B | Planning Portal IoM | Isle of Man Planning Portal

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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 Mrs Julia Anne Diggines-Patman Glebe Farm, Pennybridge Main Road Kirk Michael IM6 2HD 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 Mrs Julia Anne Diggines-Patman, Ref 23/01330/B, for the Expansion of camping area; installation of 14 electric hook-up points for campervan pitches. at Field 234227 Main Road Kirk Michael Isle Of Man for the following reason(s): 1. The Department is not satisfied that there is sufficient justification for the proposed development to warrant setting aside the presumption against development in Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance (AHLV's). As such, the proposal is concluded to represent unwarranted development that is detrimental to the amenity of the countryside contrary to the provision of General Policy 3, Environment Policy 1 and Business Policy 11 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. 2. No information has been provided to demonstrate that there are no other reasonably acceptable alternative sites or that there is an overriding national need for a campsite of this standard in this specific location. The proposal would result in an unacceptable and unwarranted encroachment into the surrounding countryside, without suitable justification, contrary to Environment Policy 1 and General Policy 3 which seek to protect the countryside for its own sake, and it is not demonstrated that the development would present a reasonable upgrade on the existing temporary camping facility. As such, the proposal is contrary to the principles of the Department for Enterprise IOM Non- Serviced Accommodation Futures Study (March 2017), and Policy on the Development of Non-Serviced Accommodation 2019. 3. The development would result in a significant culmination and spread of camping items, campervans and vehicles on land which is not designated for development and which would adversely impact the visual appearance of the site, the countryside and the surrounding AHLV contrary to Environment Policy 2. 4. The development would result in a significant culmination and spread of camping items, campervans and vehicles on land which is not designated for development and which would adversely impact the visual appearance of the site and detracting from the historic and architectural quality of the adjacent and surrounding Conservation Area contrary to Environment Policies 35 and 36.

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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.