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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 Cornerstone Architects Tony Lloyd-Davies 79 Parliament Street Ramsey IM8 1AQ 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 Mr Timothy Knowles, Ref 23/01380/B, for the Proposed development comprising the erection of a log cabin to be used as a gardeners cabin, machinery store and workshop (retrospective) exclusively for the management of the gardens and land forming part of the dwelling. at Clough Willey Cottage Tosaby Road St Marks Ballasalla Isle Of Man IM9 3AN . 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. Prior to the occupation of the development, a detailed soft landscaping scheme shall be submitted to the Department for approval. The landscaping scheme must contain details of new broadleaved tree and shrub planting and the creation of wildflower grassland. The works shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved plans and completed prior to the occupation of the development. Any trees or plants indicated on the approved scheme which, within a period of five years from the date of planting, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced during the next planting season with other trees or plants of a species and size to be first approved in writing by the Department. Thereafter, all soft landscape works shall be permanently retained in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development and to assist the creation and management of biodiversity. 3. The mitigation and enhancement measures contained in the submitted Ecological Enhancement Plan, including the creation of log and brash piles, the eradication of invasive

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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 plant species and the erection of bat and bird boxes, shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details contained therein prior to the occupation of the development. Reason: In the interests of biodiversity. 4. No permanent external lighting shall be installed on site unless a sensitive low level lighting plan, following best practise as detailed in the Bat Conservation Trust and Institute of Lighting Professionals Guidance Note 8/23 on Bats and Artificial Lighting (2023), has been submitted to the Department and approved in writing. The lighting scheme shall be undertaken in full accordance with the approved details, and thereafter retained as such in perpetuity. Reason: To ensure the delivery of an appropriate lighting scheme in the interests of safeguarding biodiversity. 5. The approved building shall only be used for purposes ancillary to the principal host dwellinghouse of Clough Willey Cottage, and shall not at any time be used as habitable living accommodation either as an independent dwellinghouse or in connection with the principal dwelling. Reason: The application has been assessed purely on the basis of being used for purposes ancillary to the principal dwellinghouse. Any deviation from this use may be inappropriate in this countryside location and require further assessment. 6. Within 6 MONTHS from the date of this notice the fenestration alterations to the cabin shall be undertaken and completed in full accordance with approved drwg. no. 101. Reason: To safeguard the countryside for its own sake and in the interests of the visual amenity of the locality. 7. The 2 no. sheds shall be demolished in accordance with the approved demolitions plans (drwg. no. 003) with all material removed from the site within 3 months of the occupation of the approved development. Reason: To safeguard the countryside for its own sake and in the interests of the visual amenity of the locality. 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no garages or other free standing buildings, including garden sheds and summerhouses shall be erected within the curtilage of the principal dwelling of Clough Willey Cottage, other than that expressly authorised by this approval, without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area. This decision relates to the following plans and documents; 003 - demolitions plan Ecological enhancement plan Preliminary ecological appraisal Biodiversity net gain assessment Received 01.06.24

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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 001 - site location plan 100 - existing plans and elevations 101 - proposed plans and elevations Covering letter Design statement Received 04.12.23 This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The development is considered to be acceptable in principle in this countryside location and of an appropriate form, mass and design without detriment to the character of the wider locality, subject to additional information provided with respect to detailed landscaping. The resultant development as proposed is therefore considered to be compliant with General Policy 2 and Environment Policies 1 and 42. Date of Issue: 7th August 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.