**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 17/01076/B — Demolition of existing dwelling (Gatekeeper Cottage) and erection of replica building on part of Field 434107 adjacent and erection of replacement dwelling and new access drive and associated landscaping incorporating part Field 434112 and associated works to existing access lane
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2017-11-28
**Parish:** Malew
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/23080-malew-gatekeepers-cottage-ballawoods-replacement-demolition/documents/1028970

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# Decision Notice

Penketh - Millar 23 West Quay Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1DL

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 Dr John Taylor OBE, Ref 17/01076/B, for the Demolition of existing dwelling (Gatekeeper Cottage) and erection of replica building on part of Field 434107 adjacent and erection of replacement dwelling and new access drive and associated landscaping incorporating part Field 434112 and associated works to existing access lane at Gatekeepers Cottage Ballawoods Halt Ballasalla Isle Of Man 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. Prior to the occupation of the new dwelling hereby approved, the new store building, built to replicate Ballawoods gatekeeper's cottage, must be erected in accordance with the approved plans and be available for use as such. The replacement gatekeeper's cottage must be retained as such thereafter.

Reason: The reinstatement of the gatekeeper's cottage is a fundamental reason why the new dwelling is considered acceptable.

- 3. Prior to the commencement of works, a full and detailed planting and aftercare schedule must be approved in writing by the Department, indicating the position and size of all new trees and shrubs and their species and measures for their maintenance for the five years after they are planted. Reason: To ensure that the landscaped setting of the site is achieved.
- 4. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwellings, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species.

Reason: The landscaping of the site is an integral part of the scheme and must be implemented as approved. This approval relates to the following drawings: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9, 10, 01 and 03 all received on 11th October, 2017. Date of Issue: 28th November 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 £175);
-  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/).*
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