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Tel: +44 (0)1624 835222 Email: [email protected] Registered in IOM: 104985C VAT number: 002 0577 30 Directors: D.F. Lewis, J. A. Lewis, W. J. Newton Registered Office: The Old Chapel, 32-34 Malew Street, Castletown, IM9 1AF 20 th July 2021 Ref: 1522/4.2.6 Planning and Building Control Directorate Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture First Floor, Murray House, Mount Havelock Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF Dear Sir/Madam, Re: Detailed Application for Substitution of House Type

Plots 54 and 55, ‘ The Meadows’ Residential Development

Corner Of Douglas Road And Victoria Road Castletown

Regarding the above development, please find enclosed an application (the “Application”) for two detached dwellings, proposed as a substitution to the semi-detached dwellings previously approved at Plots 54 and 55 (the “Plots”) under PA 18/00524/B (the “Approval”).

As the facts supporting the Application are set out below, we would be grateful if this letter were considered part of the application bundle.

The Plots are located at the north-western edge of the residential development currently under construction (“ The Meadows”). The Plots are bound on all sides by The Meadows, save for where they abut the land of the steam railway.

The Application is made without prejudice to the Approval, or any extant statutor y consent in respect of the land of the site; all rights are reser ved to implement The Meadows as shown in the Approval, regardless of the outcome of the Application.

A substitution is sought following post-occupancy feedback from our customers (RIBA Plan of Work 2020 Stage 7). The design of the proposed detached house t ype would enable greater adaptabilit y than shown in the Approval. It is established that greater flexibilit y prolongs a building’s viabilit y, avoiding any other wise hastened redevelopment and thereby reducing any potential environmental impact by helping to preser ve energ y that was embodied during a building’s construction.

The substitution is not sought as a Minor Changes Application to the Approval, as the net external footprint of the dwellings would each be increased by some 3.4m 2 in detached form. (cont.)