**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 16/01375/A — Approval in principle for redevelopment of farm yard - stables, farmhouse and equestrian building alongside farm lane for solely residential development, including improved access to holiday cottages. Proposed creation of access from former railway line footpath to field 244230.
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2017-02-07
**Parish:** Michael
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/22613-kirk-michael-pennybridge-stables-dwelling/documents/1024545

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# Decision Notice

Carolyn Mary Stephenson Pennybridge Stables Main Road Kirk Michael Isle Of Man IM6 2HD

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 Carolyn Mary Stephenson, Ref 16/01375/A, for the Approval in principle for redevelopment of farm yard - stables, farmhouse and equestrian building alongside farm lane for solely residential development, including improved access to holiday cottages. Proposed creation of access from former railway line footpath to field 244230. at Pennybridge Stables Main Road Kirk Michael Isle Of Man IM6 2HD subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any) :

- 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun either before the expiration of four years from the date of this approval or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters.

Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013.

- 2. Application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Department before the expiration of two years from the date of this approval and thereafter the development shall only be carried out in accordance with the details as approved. Reason: To avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
- 3. Approval of the details of siting, design, external appearance of the building[s], internal layout, details of the means of access including the widening of the first 6m of the access to at least 4.1m of level, usable surface, landscaping and drainage of the site (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the Department in writing before any development is commenced.

Reason: To comply with the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No2) Order 2013.

- 4. Any application for reserved matters shall include a transport statement demonstrating that the access is suitable to serve the number of proposed properties together with any other development which is required to facilitate this, for example, a crossing of the public footpath or closing up of an existing access into the farm yard. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

This approval relates to the coloured location plan received on 15th December, 2016.

Date of Issue: 7th February 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/

No development may be undertaken until such time as the relevant reserved matters have been approved by the Planning Authority.

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/22613-kirk-michael-pennybridge-stables-dwelling/documents/1024545*
