**Document:** DEC Decision Notice **Application:** 19/01133/B — Removal of a rear doorway (retrospective) and additional use of guest house as a spa **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2019-12-18 **Parish:** Malew **Document Type:** decision / decision_notice **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29735-malew-knock-rushen-house-dwelling-doors/documents/1047891 --- # DEC Decision Notice Technical Drawing Services 4 College Green Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1BE 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 Mrs Johanna Martin-Edge, Ref 19/01133/B, for the Removal of a rear doorway (retrospective) and additional use of guest house as a spa at Knock Rushen House Scarlett Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1TA and 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 spa may be open for business only between the following times: Monday 1000 1500hrs, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1000 - 1800hrs, Thursdays and Fridays 1000 2100hrs and Saturdays and Sundays 1000 - 1700hrs. Reason: to reflect what is proposed in the application and to control the amount of additional traffic using Queen Street. - 3. This approval relates only to the use of the area shown in the application as a spa, for the delivery of beauty-related therapies and treatments and not for any other purpose. Reason: to clarify the intention of the approval and to prevent the space being used for other purposes within the same Use Class. This approval relates to drawing 304-01 received on 9th October, 2019. Date of Issue: 18th December 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. --- *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/29735-malew-knock-rushen-house-dwelling-doors/documents/1047891*