**Document:** APP Appeal Request **Application:** 19/00001/B — Removal of chimney stack **Decision:** Refused **Decision Date:** 2019-03-01 **Parish:** Braddan **Document Type:** appeal / appeal_submission **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/29966-braddan-1-drury/documents/1051122 --- # APP Appeal Request ## Planning Appeal to The Minister for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Please complete in BLOCK CAPITALS and in black ink. Please return completed form to: **The Minister** Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Planning and Building Control Directorate Murray House, Mount Havelock Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF 1) **Planning Application Number** 19 DOD01 B (e.g. 15/XXXXX/B) To validate your appeal this form must be accompanied by a fee as prescribed under Section 1(1) of the Fees and Duties Act 1989 - currently £175 WITHOUT SUCH FEE YOUR APPEAL WILL BE INVALID 2) **Site Address** THE WHITE HOUSE, 1 DEVRY TERRACE, DOUGLAS. I.O.M. IM2 3HY. 3) **Planning Applicant's Name** KINDA + OURIS NORMAN If the application was made by a company and the name of the company has changed since the initial application was made, this must be clearly indicated. I/We hereby appeal under the terms of Article 8 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 4) **Appellant Name** KINDA + OURIS NORMAN 5) **Appellant Address** 1 RIVER VALLE, BRADDAN. I.O.M. IM4 4TH 6) **Appellant E-Mail Address** CNE@MARK.NET 7) **Signature** ANN 8) **Relationship to the Appellant** (if necessary) In the case of a 'first party' appeal the identity of the appellant(s) should normally be the same as the applicant(s). Where the applicant and/or the appellant is a company or other corporate body, the corporate body should be named, not an individual person. Continued Overleaf AP5(i) Agent details (if any) Leave this section blank if there is no agent. Where an agent is specified, all correspondence relating to the appeal will be directed to the agent. Any change of agent must be notified promptly and confirmed in writing. 9) Agent name 10) Agent address 11) Agent E-Mail Address 12) Procedure Do you wish this Appeal being progressed by inquiry or written representation? Written Inquiry Note: Written appeals expedite the Appeal procedure. 13) Reason for making the appeal SEE FACILITIES. FOKUS GUIDANCE Notes - Quote the Department's Planning Application reference Number (e.g. 15/XXXXX/B) - The appropriate fee MUST BE ENCLOSED WITHOUT EXCEPTION. - Reasons for the appeal MUST BE stated (13) Above). - The choice of the appeal being considered by Inquiry or written representation MUST BE stated (12) Above). - PLEASE NOTE without all the four points above requested, an appeal will not be valid. - Where the name of the person or company who made the original Planning Application may have changed since it was made, this must be clearly indicated(3) Overleaf). - All parties to an appeal must agree to the appeal being decided on written submissions. Should any appellant request one, a hearing will be held. - The person making the appeal is requested to sign this form. If signing on behalf of a company, or as an agent on behalf of the applicant/appellant, the relationship between the signatory and the appellant/company MUST be clearly stated. (8) Overleaf). Failure to note this relationship may result in the appeal being declared invalid. - The person appealing should quote his/her/their address to which all correspondence concerning the appeal may be sent. (5) Overleaf) Planning and Building Control Directorate Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF Tel: +44 1624 685950 Fax: +44 1624 686443 Email: planning@gov.im APS(I) Chris & Linda Norman 1 River Vale, Braddan Isle of Man IM4 4TH The Planning Appeals Administrator Cabinet Office Government Office Bucks Road Douglas 19th March 2019 IM1 3PN. Tel:- 01624 624123 E-mail:-cne@manx.net Dear Sir/Madam, Ref:- 1900001/B Chimney Stack.. The White House, 1 Drury Terrace, Douglas. IM2 3HY Further to the correspondence and my telephone call to Lucy in the Planning department. This letter is clarifying the reason we want to lodge an appeal against the refusal decision. There have been damp/water patches in the top flat (3) in the hallway for some time now (at least over 3 years). I have been advised by a couple of builders that it's the stack that is causing the problem. As you can see there has been work carried out to try to solve the problem. I, like the refusal states, do not like to remove the chimney stacks and that's the reason I did not apply earlier but the upkeep of it is proving expensive. So, I weighed it up thinking, if it was taken down, which I know is costly as well, then a problem would be solved. I thought overtime it would dry out but damp/water patches are not drying out. I have had to repaint the area inside the flat where the damage shows a few times now. The current tenant in the flat at the moment keeps me up to date with the situation. Since the removal of a Chimney Stack back in 2007 I have had no problems with damp/water damage in the area where it had been. I would like you to reconsider your decision as to the taking down of the Chimney Stack. Please find enclosed proof (invoices) that I have tried to fix the problem. I hope this will suffice? It is difficult to assess the amount the builders have been paid as the work on the stack had been carried out along with other work on the building. I would guess in the region of £300/£400 to include the painting. Along with the scaffold and the hoist hire. The copies of the receipts start in 2017. This is a proportion of the amount which has been paid out. I do not have previous receipts to hand to pass onto you. I have highlighted the parts that refer to costing. Yours faithfully, L. Norman RE- 19/00001/18 1, DAWRY TREE BNS BUILDERS PROPERTY SERVICES REGINALD MEWS GOVERNORS'S HILL Mob:- 433363 Re:- White House. 2017 Invoice for worker carried out:- Aug. ...Outside painting front and side elevation. Clean windows. Paid 15th August £975 Paid 18th August £280 Flat 3. White House Sept. ...Removal of furniture for storage and tip. Lift carpets and underlay, start re- decoration. Fix locks on two doors (hall and bedroom) re-new door closers on same. Fix kitchen worktop and cupboard door. Paid 28th Sept £350 Paid 29th Sept £800 Oct. ...Painting inside flat / fixing lead flashing around chimney (hire of hoist £50) re- sealing damp area and making good. Paid 5th Oct £650 Paid 13th Oct. £475. Flat finished. ## Bns Builders [Table omitted in markdown export] ### Property Services #### Reginald Mews Governors'S Hill Mob:- 433363 Re:- White House Flat 3. Up to 23rd Feb. 2018 Invoice for work carried out:-. Flat 3. Make good all doors up to standard for fire regulations and make sure all self-close. Replace hinges on most. ~~Repair roof from hoist as still leaking into flat.~~ Repaint kitchen wall where there is a cold spot. ## Bns Builders ### Property Services #### Reginald Mews Governors'S Hill #### Douglas Iom #### Mob: 433363 **Re: Oakwood Lodge & White House** **Up to 26th March. 2018** Invoice for work carried out: - Oakwood, Hall & Flats 1 & 2, 3 White House...Roof Flat 2. Strip back wall paper on gable wall and replace. Undercoat woodwork in Main Hall & flat 2. Paint ceiling in bedroom. Fix shower screen. Work on cupboard under stairs put on new hinges and handle. Hire hoist again for White House (leak not sorted). Paid...£1052 to include £90 hire of hoist. This was paid from personal which was reimbursed on the 15th May ## 19/0001 B ### 1. Drucky Terre #### Bns Builders ##### Property Services REGINALD MEWS GOVERNORS'S HILL Mob:- 433363 Re:- Oakwood Lodge. & White House Up to 13th April, 2018 Invoice for work carried out:- Oakwood, Hall & Flats 1 & 2 & 3 White House... Roof Flat 2. Paint all rooms in flat 2 including ceiling. Finish work in Main Hall. White House Roof still leaking. Hire Scaffold. Paid... Neil £542 Scaffold £550 Total £1052 ## Bns Builders ### Property Services #### Reginald Mews Governors'S Hill #### Douglas Iom #### Mob: 433363 **Re: Oakwood Lodge & White House** **Up to 4th May, 2018** Invoice for work carried out: - Oakwood & White House Clear blocked drains. Start on outside. Mess kill and scraped. White House Inspect back of chimney stack. Clear rubbish and make good lead. Show someone around Flat 3 White House. Ron. £85 Neil £500 Total... £585 ## Bns Builders ### Property Services #### Reginald Mews Governors'S Bill #### Douglas Iom #### Mob: 433363 **Re: Oakwood Lodge & White House** **Up to 11th May, 2018** Invoice for work carried out: - Oakwood & White House Power hose all around building & outside wall. Hack loose render from gable wall. Take rubbish to tip. White House Inspect leak has stopped into Flat 3 and put in dehumidifier. Empty and check daily. Neil 8625 --- *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/29966-braddan-1-drury/documents/1051122*