**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 17/00256/B — Erection of agricultural building for livestock and feed
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2017-04-19
**Parish:** German
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/22151-german-ballakaighen-farm-staarvey-road-cronk-agricultural-building/documents/1020135

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# Decision Notice

Donald MacKenzie Cannan Ballakaighen Farm Staarvey Road Cronk Y Voddy Peel Isle Of Man IM5 2AS

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 Donald MacKenzie Cannan, Ref 17/00256/B, for the erection of agricultural building for livestock and feed at Ballakaighen Farm Staarvey Road Cronk Y Voddy Peel Isle Of Man IM5 2AS 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.

- 2. The building must be used only for agricultural purposes.

REASON: The countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.

- 3. No later than the first planting season after the construction, the applicant must have had planted between the proposed building and Staarvey Road a row of deciduous trees, the details, position and sizes of which must be approved by the Department prior to the commencement of work on the proposed building. Any of the trees planted which are damaged, removed or die within five years of their planting must be replaced by trees of a similar size, species and in a similar position. Reason: To soften the visual impact of the proposed building.

This decision relates to the site and location plans and drawing reference P5990-01 received on 2nd March, 2017.

Date of Issue: 19th April 2017

## Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority delegated to them 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.

Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Building Control, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Email planning@gov.im. Tel 01624 685950

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