**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 19/00182/B — Erection of dwelling with detached garage
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2019-05-24
**Parish:** Andreas
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29955-andreas-guilcaugh-new-build-garage/documents/1050826

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# DEC Decision Notice

Richard Green Associates Kiondroghad House Kiondroghad Road Andreas Isle Of Man IM7 3EL

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 Mrs Joanne Crellin, Ref 19/00182/B, for the Erection of dwelling with detached garage at Guilcaugh Cottage St Judes Road Andreas Isle Of Man IM7 3HF for the following reason(s):

- 1. The proposed erection of a dwelling on an alternative site to that which is intended to replace, on agricultural land in the open countryside is considered not acceptable in principle. The applicant has not demonstrated that the proposal will result in 'overall environmental improvement' to warrant support in terms of Housing Policy 14. The proposal therefore conflicts with General Policy 3 and Housing Policy 14 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
- 2. The proposed development, by virtue of the proliferation of domestic buildings on and agricultural site in the open countryside, the siting of the proposed dwelling closer to the highway than the existing dwelling, the significantly larger domestic curtilage than the existing dwelling with a much greater scope of domestic paraphernalia, the potential removal of over 29m of Manx sod hedge and the creation of a domestic access in a rural setting, would unacceptably harm the characteristics of the existing agricultural site and the rural character of the surrounding countryside. The proposal therefore conflicts with General Policy 3, Environmental Policy 1 and Housing Policy 14 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 24th May 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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