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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 Fort Island Developments Ltd Dandara Group Head Office Isle Of Man Business Park Cooil Road Braddan IM2 2SA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013 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 Fort Island Developments Ltd, Ref 17/01265/B, for the Redevelopment of disused hotel site with new hotel and leisure facilities and 40 residential apartments, with associated highway and drainage works at Golf Links Hotel Fort Island Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1UA for the following reason(s): 1. The proposed development would be located outside of an existing settlement and as such be contrary to Strategic Policy 2 that directs new development to existing towns and villages as well as Strategic Policy 10, Spatial Policy 5, General Policy 3, Environment Policy 1 and Housing Policy 4 all of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. 2. The proposed development would be likely to have an unacceptable adverse impact on protected wildlife and important habitats, contrary to General Policy 2 and Environment Policy 4 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 3. The proposed development would be likely to have an unacceptable adverse impact on the environment by reason of light pollution and noise contrary to Environment Policy 22 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. 4. The proposed development would have an unacceptable adverse impact on the landscape, by reason of its scale and massing, and as such would be contrary to Landscape Proposal 22 of the Area Plan for the South 2013 and General Policies 2 and 3 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Date of Issue: 15th December 2021

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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 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. 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 £295); and election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation. 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 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.