**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 19/00268/B — Alterations including replacement windows, roller shutter doors and signage, removal of wall to car park area and change of use from fire station to a community centre.
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2019-04-30
**Parish:** Malew
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29475-malew-fire-station-replacement-change-of-use/documents/1045836

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# DEC Decision Notice

J S Associates Unit B2 Eden Business Park Cooil Road Braddan IM4 2AY

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 Castletown Commissioners, Ref 19/00268/B, for the Alterations including replacement windows, roller shutter doors and signage, removal of wall to car park area and change of use from fire station to a community centre. at Fire Station Farrants Way Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1NR 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. No approval is granted to the removal of the existing stone roadside wall as shown in the submitted drawings. Reason: In the interests of the character of the area and the nearby Conservation Area.
- 3. The community brewing may only be undertaken within the area shown on plan 04 unless otherwise approved by the Department. Reason: To reflect what has been proposed and to control the use of the site.
- 4. No items may be stored outside of the building.

Reason: To control the use and appearance of the site and to ensure that the car parking areas are available for such purposes. This decision relates to drawings 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06 all received on 11th March, 2019. Date of Issue: 30th 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/).*
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