52666 — 21/00259/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 Ellis Brown 12 Strathallan Crescent Queens Promenade Douglas IM2 4NR 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 Department Of Infrastructure, Ref 20/00323/B, for the Erection of a vehicle testing facility with associated access and landscaping at Part Field 524881 And Land Adjacent Industrial Estate Ballafletcher Road Cronkbourne Douglas Isle Of Man . 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 development hereby approved being completed and brought into use, a Stage 2 Road Safety Audit shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall take place in accordance with the approved details and be retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interests of highway safety. 3. The development hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the vehicle manoeuvring, parking and pedestrian areas have been laid out in accordance with the drawings number 19/2766/06D (Proposed Site Plan - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20) and those areas shall be retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interests of the safety of users of the site. 4. The finishes and colours of the building hereby approved shall be in accordance with the detail shown on drawing number 19/2766/05D (Proposed Elevations and Section) date stamped as having been received 16.03.20.

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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 Reason: To ensure the building is built in accordance with the approved details in the interests of visual amenity. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012, or any order which amends or supersedes it, no gates, walls or fencing may be erected on the site other than in the locations and in accordance with the details as shown on drawings number 19/2766/06D (Proposed Site Plan - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20) and 19/2766/05D (Proposed Elevations and Section - date stamped as having been received 16.03.20). Reason: To ensure the fencing built only as set out with the approved details in the interests of visual amenity and highway safety. 6. Prior to the development hereby approved being completed and brought into use, a detailed landscaping scheme (including tree planting specification) shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Department. The tree planting specification shall adhere to the recommendations of BS8545:2014 (Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape - recommendations) and in all cases shall include details of all trees to be planted, including a) their quantity, location (or density), species and size at date of planting; b) the approximate date when they are to be planted; and c) how they will be maintained until successfully established. The tree planting shall take place as agreed and any trees which, within a period of 5 years from their first planting, are removed, or, in the opinion of the Department, become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Department gives written consent to any variation. Reason: because limited detail is shown on the landscaping plan (drawing number 19/2766/12) and to ensure an appropriate standard of visual amenity in the local area and that the development is appropriately landscaped to sit comfortably and acceptably in its location. 7. No importation to the site of inert materials or soils for infilling or landforming shall take place until a scheme for assuring the physical and chemical suitability (including freedom from potential land contaminants) of all soils and materials to be imported has been submitted to the Department and such a scheme has been approved by the Department. The scheme as approved in accordance with the condition shall be adhered to with respect to all inert material and soil importation associated with the development hereby approved. Reason: to ensure that only suitable fill material is imported onto the site, to avoid the risk of contamination. 8. The crashed vehicle compound and forensic inspection area shall be of impermeable construction with an oil interceptor installed to prevent any oils escaping from the site and entering the surface water drainage system. Reason: To prevent pollution. 9. There shall be no external storage on the site of damaged vehicles other than within the crashed vehicle compound as shown on drawing number 19/2766/06D(Site Plan) - date stamped as having been received 02.06.20.

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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 Reason: to ensure that the site is maintained and used in an appropriate manner, given its prominent location as a gateway into Douglas/adjacent to playing fields and in the interests of visual amenity. 10. There shall be no office use within the site other than as shown on drawings numbered 19/2766/03C (Ground Floor Plan) and 19/2766/04D (First Floor Plan) - both date stamped as having been received 16.03.20, and no office use shall occur other than that which is ancillary to the use of the site as a site for vehicle and driver testing. Reason: to prevent the use of the site for general office use, which would be contrary to the policies of the Strategic Plan which direct offices to town centres other than in given circumstances. 11. The development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless it has been carried out in complete accordance with the approved finished floor and ground levels as shown on the approved plans. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the surrounding area. This approval relates to the following plans/drawings/information: o Drawing No 19/2766/01 entitled 'Location Plan' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 2019-206-001 E entitled 'Indicative Drainage Layout for Planning Purposes' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/02 entitled 'Site and Land Ownership Plans' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/03C entitled 'Ground Floor Plan' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/04D entitled 'First Floor Plan' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/05D entitled 'Proposed Elevations and Section' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/06D entitled 'Proposed Site Plan' (Date Stamped 02.06.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/07A entitled 'Vehicle Tracking Part 1' (Date Stamped 02.06.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/08A entitled 'Vehicle Tracking Part 2' (Date Stamped 02.06.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/09A entitled 'Local Boundary & Zoning Plans' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/10 entitled 'Existing/Proposed Site Sections and Plans' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/11 entitled 'Site Plan with Visibility Splays' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Drawing No 19/2766/12 entitled 'Landscaping Plan' (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Road Safety Audit (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Statement to Accompany Planning Statement (Date Stamped 16.03.20) o Visual Images (1 to 4) This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The proposal is supported, noting the land use zoning for the majority of the site, the planning history for built development, the benefits of a modern test centre, the restriction of office to ancillary use, the quality of design and landscaping, the provision of suitable access and the preservation of potential for full development of the site. Date of Issue: 20th July 2020

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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 £285); 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 £100). 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 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.