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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 SMS Trading Unit 24 Gladstone Business Park Gladstone Road Ramsey IM8 2LA 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 subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to REFUSE an application by SMS Trading, Ref 21/00937/C, for the Change of use from light industrial to the assemblage, storage and sales of furniture goods at Unit 24 Gladstone Park Industrial Estate Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 2LA for the following reason(s): 1. The proposed change of use from light industrial for the sale of furniture goods of this size and nature would be contrary to the Strategic Policies within the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 which aim to protect the vitality of towns centres, specifically Business Policies 5, 9 and 10 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 which are all in place to direct retailing development to town centres where the proposed retail could be reasonably sold from within a town centre location, or due to their size and nature from an area zoned as industrial use. The proposed items for sale can be sold (and were sold) from within the town centre location, of which there are several sites on the Island who already do this. Date of Issue: 27th October 2021 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 a Principle Planner in accordance with the authority delegated to them. 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 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.
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