**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 19/00546/B — Erection of a detached dwelling with associated parking
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2019-07-10
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29937-braddan-land-off-lane-dwelling/documents/1050469

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# DEC Decision Notice

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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 REFUSE an application by Mr William McDowell, Ref 19/00546/B, for the Erection of a detached dwelling with associated parking at Land Off Lane At Rear Of 15 Westminster Drive Douglas Isle Of Man for the following reason(s):

- 1. The proposed new dwelling would provide insufficient outlook from its principal rooms and the rooms would be subject to unacceptable overshadowing due to the compact nature of the site and tall boundaries on 3 sides. In this respect, the proposal would not accord with Environment Policy 42 or General Policy 2 (h).
- 2. Due to the existing approval for garaging on this site and its current condition as open hard standing, the current proposal would reduce the off-street parking capacity of Westminster Drive and the surrounding area, contrary to the requirements of the Strategic Plan, Transport Policy 7.

Date of Issue: 10th July 2019

## Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority delegated to them.

This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Whilst a copy of the Officer’s report is included alongside this notice, any wider 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

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/29937-braddan-land-off-lane-dwelling/documents/1050469*