**Document:** Decision Notice **Application:** 24/00211/C — Conversion of existing garage office to tourist accommodation (Class 3.6), including new sewer treatment works, external decking and carport **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2024-11-18 **Parish:** German **Document Type:** decision / decision_notice **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/32071-st-johns-lambfell-beg-cronk-conversion-garage/documents/1056725 --- # Decision Notice Cornerstone Architects Ltd 79 Parliament Street Ramsey IM8 1AQ TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Dawn Worthington, Ref 24/00211/C, for the Conversion of existing garage office to tourist accommodation (Class 3.6), including new sewer treatment works, external decking and carport at Lambfell Beg Cronk Y Voddy St Johns Isle Of Man IM4 3NS . Any conditions or notes which apply to the approval are set out below. This approval is subject to compliance with any conditions listed and may not be implemented until it becomes final (see guidance notes). - 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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals. - 2. The tourist development hereby approved shall remain connected to the main house known as 'Lambfell Beg' and shall only be used for tourist purposes in line with C3 and shall not be sold, rented nor used as a separate independent dwelling at any time. Reason: To ensure that the development is only used in connection to the main house and to prevent the creation of an unjustified separate dwelling in the countryside. - 3. The tourist accommodation and use hereby approved shall not be occupied by the same person(s) for a single period or cumulative periods exceeding 31 days in any calendar year. Reason: To ensure that the development is only used and occupied as short let tourist holiday accommodation only. - 4. Prior to the tourist use coming into use, details of parking for the site for use by the main dwelling and associated to the tourist unit shall be provided and approved in writing by the Department. The tourist unit shall not be occupied or operated until the parking and turning has been provided in accordance with the approved plans and shall be retained for parking and free from obstruction at all times. Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking for both the existing house and tourist use. - 5. Prior to the tourist use coming into use, details of lighting for the site shall be provided and approved in writing by the Department. The lighting shall only be installed in full accordance with the details approved and retained as such thereafter. Reason: To ensure there is no lighting brought forward which may impact dark skies or impact on the recognised bats habitat in this area. This approval relates to the following: - o drawing number 001 rev b - Location and Existing Site Plan - o drawing number 003 Proposed Site Plan - o drawing number 100 Existing Plans and Elevations - o drawing number 101 rev A - Proposed Plans and Elevations - o Photovoltaic Panel Specification - o Planning Statement - all date received 20/08/2024 This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) Despite those policies against development in the countryside and those policies setting out the criteria for conversion of rural buildings to create tourist units, given the small and ancillary scale of the proposed tourist unit being one bedroom and connected to the main dwelling that it was considered to have limited harm and to meet with the DfE Visitor Economy Strategy and planning conditions would ensure its use for tourism only, its connection with the main house and not being separated or sold separately, and with details of parking and lighting to be provided before its first use. Date of Issue: 18th November 2024 J CHANCE Director of Planning and Building Control Guidance Note This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it. This decision refers only to that applied for under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation. A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services www.gov.im/Viewapplications) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas. Implementation The decision does not become final until either Any appeal has been concluded; or 21 days have passed since the date on this notice and no appeal has been submitted Development must progress in accordance with the plans approved under, and any conditions attached to this approval (irrespective of any changes that may separately be requested at the Building Control stage or by any other Statutory Authority). This approval does not remove the need to also comply with any other relevant legislation. Any conditions requiring certain works, submissions etc. prior to commencement of development must be fulfilled prior to work starting on site. Failure to adhere to this approval and meet the requirements of all conditions may invalidate this approval or result in formal enforcement action. Appeal Any appeal must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain: the grounds for making the appeal; payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £355); and if relevant, confirmation that the appellant wishes to have the appeal determined by means of an inquiry and payment of the additional inquiry fee (currently £130). Where the appeal is submitted by the applicant they must: specify in detail and by reference to material planning considerations the reasons why the appellant disagrees with that determination; and Where against a refusal, on the grounds of deficient detail or supporting documentation, set out why they consider the information or documentation forming part of the application was sufficient in the circumstance. If the appeal is submitted by someone who has interested Person Status but is not listed in Article 4(2) of the Development Procedure Order 2019, that person must relate their grounds for making the appeal to issues which they included in representations made prior to the application being determined. Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated. An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application (should one have been received) may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. Please note that if the counter copy of the application is not collected within thirty days following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyed without further notice. --- *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/32071-st-johns-lambfell-beg-cronk-conversion-garage/documents/1056725*