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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 Swagelok Ltd FTAO Mr D Hester Ballafletcher Industrial Estate Ballafletcher Farm Road Douglas IM4 4RA 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 Swagelok Ltd, Ref 21/01369/B, for the Redevelopment of the Vehicle and Driving Test Centre Site including Refurbishment and Extension of the Existing Building at Vehicle Test Centre Ballafletcher Road Cronkbourne Douglas Isle Of Man IM4 4QJ . 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 development hereby approved may be used for Class 2.2 (Light industry and Research & Development) as set out in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2019 (or any order amending or replacing that order). Reason: for the avoidance of doubt. 3. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, samples of the proposed external finishes 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 visual amenity. 4. There shall be no external storage of waste Reason: in the interests of visual and local amenity.
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Transport Statement and Road Safety Audit Reason: to ensure the development takes place in accordance with the approved plans and measures relating to drainage, flooding and transport safety are implemented. 8. Prior to the commencement of development, details shall be submitted to and approved in writing of the proposed ecological mitigation measures (including the specifications and locations of bat and bird boxes, bug hotels and the bike shelter, as well as Schedule 8 plant eradication plans and details about the sensitive grassland management regimes), timescales for implementation and proposed maintenance measures. The development shall take place in accordance with the approved details and be retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interests of biodiversity. 9. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a tree planting plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The plan shall adhere to the recommendations of BS8545:2014 (Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape - recommendations) and in all cases shall include the following details: a) the exact location, species, nursery specification and planting specification of each tree to be planted. b) the approximate date when they are to be planted 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: to ensure that, within the site, the potential to mitigate the approved tree removal is maximised. 10. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved a tree and habitat protection plan and arboricultural methods statement, adhering to the recommendations of BS5837:2012 (Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - recommendations), shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The agreed protection measures and construction methods shall adhered to in full and no alterations or variations to the approved tree or habitat protection scheme or working methods shall be made without prior written consent of the Department.
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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: required prior to commencement to ensure that all trees to be retained are adequately protected from damage. 11. No tree shall be removed from the site unless it is marked for removal on the approved plans or authorised by a specific application under the Tree Preservation Act. Reason: for the avoidance of doubt and for the protection of trees. 12. No site lighting to be installed until a detailed external low level lighting scheme, which is in accordance with the recommendations outlined in the BCT and ILP Guidance Note 8 Bats and Artificial Lighting (12th September 2018), has been submitted to and approved in writing by Planning. The development shall then be undertaken in accordance with these details and be retained as such thereafter. Reason: to prevent the installation of lighting which would negatively impact on protected species. This decision relates to the following plans/drawings/information: LS-03 Rev 0 (Drainage Survey) dated 20/03/2019 P107 (Elevations as Proposed) dated August 2021 PO4 (Existing Elevations) dated August 2021 PO3 (Floor Plans as Existing) dated August 2021 P-02 (Existing Site Plan) dated August 2021 P106 Rev A (Floor Plans as Proposed) dated August 2021 P-01 (Location Plan) dated August 2021 Planning Statement dated November 2021 P108 (Plan showing intended movement through site) dated November 2021 Topographical Survey (A604-LS-01 and A604-LS-02) dated 20/03/2019 Transport Statement dated 15 November 2021 P109 (sections CC and D-d through site) dated March 2022 P105 Rev A (Site Plan as Proposed) dated August 2021 (updated 21.02.22) Planning Energy Statement dated February 2022 Road Safety Audit Report dated March 2022 ITB17166-GA-103 Rev A (Proposed Site Access) dated 15.11.21 TSN-181021 (Tree Constraints - NORTH) dated 18/10/21 TRN-161121-B (Tree Impact - North) dated 16/11/21 TSS-181021 (Tree Constraints - SOUTH) - dated 18/10/21 TRS-161121-B (Tree Impact - South) - dated 16/11/21 Arboricultural Impact Assessment dated 16.11.21 21-084-211112 (Planning Statement Relating to Drainage) 21-084-211216 (Flood Risk Assessment) 21-084-10 (Existing Site - Surface Water Floor Characteristics) 21-084-11 (Proposed Site - Surface Water Floor Characteristics) 21-084-102 (Schematic Drainage Layout) This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The development is in accordance with the land use zoning and reuses previously developed land/building within the existing settlement boundary of Douglas. The proposal has economic benefits and the operational reasons for the proposal are noted. The proposal will have an impact in relation to trees and ecology, although mitigation has been proposed. No concerns are raised in relation to highways, parking, flooding, drainage or other matters. On balance it is considered that the land use zoning, reuse of previously
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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 developed land and economic benefit outweigh the tree/ecology impact, which is in any case reduced by mitigation. Date of Issue: 19th July 2022 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. 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 £305); 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 £115). 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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