DEC Decision Notice

Douglas Borough Council Mr C Pycroft Town Hall Ridgeway Street Douglas IM99 1AD

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 Douglas Borough Council, Ref 21/00527/B, for the Creation of a controlled parking area for motorhomes at The "Boneyard" Hard Standing Area To Rear Of Grandstand And Adjacent To Bowling Green Noble's Park Douglas IM2 6DA .

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 use hereby approved is only for the use of the site as a motorhome "aire" as set out in the approved documents, and the site may only be operated by Douglas Borough Council.

Reason: The applicants (DBC) have clearly outlined without their submission how the site will be run and operated and the application has been considered on this basis's only.

• 3. For the avoidance of doubt no tents or awnings may be erected or used on the site outside of TT/Racing periods.

Reason: The application has not proposed tents or awnings (submitted statement indicates they would not be used) and the application has been considered on this basis.

• 4. There may be no more than 75 motorhomes parked at the site at any one time (outside TT/Racing periods).

Reason: there are 75 spaces available within the site and the application has been considered on this basis and in the interest of the visual amenities of the area.

• 5. A motorhome shall only be allowed to park on the site for a maximum of 4 nights (outside TT/Racing periods).

Reason: The application has been proposed and judged on the parking of motorhomes on a short terms basis for tourist/visitor use only.

• 6. No operation of the site hereby approved shall take place until full details of soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and these works shall be carried out as approved. Details of the soft landscaping works include details of new bushes/hedgerows/tree planting showing, type, size and position of each especially along the northern and eastern boundary of the site. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of the site. Any trees or plants which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development. This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawings all received on 19.05.2021.

This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) It is considered the additional use of the site for a motorhome "aire" proposal would result in an additional recreation facility for IOM residents and visitors and would use a site which is used and has facilities which serve this very purposes during the TT /racing periods. The proposal also has no significant impacts upon public or private amenities. Accordingly it is considered the proposal would comply with General Policy 2, Environment Policy 22, Environment Policy 24 & Recreation Policy 2 of the IOM Strategic Plan 2016 and the Area Plan for the East 2020.

Date of Issue: 27th July 2021

Director of Planning and Building Control

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 £295); 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 £110). 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.