**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 19/00533/C — Change of use from industrial to dog day care
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2019-07-16
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29258-braddan-bays-3-change-of-use/documents/1043932

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# DEC Decision Notice

Mr Matthew Cochrane 15 Ashberry Avenue Saddlestone Douglas IM2 1PY

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 Matthew Cochrane, Ref 19/00533/C, for the Change of use from industrial to dog day care at Unit 1 Bays 3 & 4 Old Quarry Douglas Head Industrial Estate Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 5BF 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 dog day care centre, hereby approved, shall accommodate no more than 40 dogs onsite at any one time.

Reason: In the interest of protecting the amenity of the neighbouring properties in accordance with General Policy 2 and Environmental Policy 22 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

- 3. The dog day care use, hereby approved, shall only be open for use by customers and/or their pets, between the hours of 7:30 and 18:30 Monday to Friday and 9:00 and 15:00 on Saturdays and Sunday. No customers or their pets shall be allowed onsite outside of these hours. No dogs shall be kept on site overnight.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of neighbouring residents in accordance with General Policy 2 and Environmental Policy 22 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

- 4. The parking as shown on drawing No.2 date-stamped as having been received 7th May 2019, shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times.

Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking and turning of vehicles in the interests of highway safety and in accordance with General Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan.

This decision relates to the following plans and drawings, date stamped received on 7th May 2019:

- o Plan as existing - Drawing No.1
- o Site Plan - Drawing No.2
- o Location plan - Drawing No.3

Date of Issue: 16th July 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/29258-braddan-bays-3-change-of-use/documents/1043932*