**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 19/00111/B — Conversion of barn to provide residential accommodation, alterations and roofing works to dwelling and replacement of existing container with a boat house
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2019-04-15
**Parish:** Malew
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/28814-malew-ballaqueston-replacement-conversion/documents/1039968

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# DEC Decision Notice

Architecture In Mann 80 Bucks Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 3AF

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 Mr Jonathan & Mrs Dawn Ashall & Mrs Caroline Rowley, Ref 19/00111/B, for the Conversion of barn to provide residential accommodation, alterations and roofing works to dwelling and replacement of existing container with a boat house at Ballaqueston Malew Road Ballasalla Isle Of Man IM9 3DJ 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 commencement of any work on the boathouse the applicant must have approved by the Department a landscaping scheme which introduces additional plants or trees which will screen the proposed boathouse from public view from the north. The scheme must be undertaken in accordance with these details. Reason: To reduce the visual impact of the proposed boathouse.
- 3. 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.

- 4. Bats are protected by the Wildlife Act 1990 and whilst no evidence has been found that bats occupy the existing barn to be converted, the report makes it clear that its findings do not preclude bats from being found within the building in the future. If bats are encountered during the course of work the work must stop immediately and DEFA must be contacted for advice before proceeding. Care should be taken during the exposure of cavities and alterations to the building. If timber is to be treated then bat friendly chemicals

only should be used and the advice of the Manx Bat Group and/or the Department's Ecosystems Policy team should be sought.

Reason: To satisfy Environment Policy 4 of the Strategic Plan. This decision relates to the following drawings: 3001-DLD-INS-CDS-INFO1, 01, 02A, 03 and 04 all received on 5th February, 2019 and 05B and 06A both received on 5th March, 2019.

Date of Issue: 15th April 2019

## Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it.

All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is 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 This decision refers only to that applied for 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 current Fees Order;
-  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/

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.

### PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice.

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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/28814-malew-ballaqueston-replacement-conversion/documents/1039968*