**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 17/00178/B — Alterations to facilitate change of use of ground floor retail unit (class 1) to tourist accommodation and first floor apartment from permanent residential to tourist accommodation
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2017-04-04
**Parish:** Malew
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/21931-malew-the-stores-change-of-use/documents/1018255

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# Decision Notice

Quay Design Ltd. 5 The Quay Port St Mary IM9 5EA

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Ballabeg Property Limited, Ref 17/00178/B, for the Alterations to facilitate change of use of ground floor retail unit (class 1) to tourist accommodation and first floor apartment from permanent residential to tourist accommodation at The Stores Main Road Ballabeg Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 4HB subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any) :

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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

The development hereby approved relates to Drawings 1765-01, 1765-02 and 1765-sk01, date-stamped as having been received 15th February 2017.

Date of Issue: 4th April 2017

## Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

This permission refers only to that required under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument.

Specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain:

-  Payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the Town and Country Planning (Application and Appeal Fees) (No2) Order 2016 (currently £170);
-  The reasons for making the appeal; and
-  An election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation.

An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planningapplications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/

The proposed development must not be commenced until either;

-  The time for requesting an appeal has expired; or
-  Any appeal has been determined;

Whichever is the later.

If no appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is now available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom

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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*Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).*
*Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/21931-malew-the-stores-change-of-use/documents/1018255*