**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 24/91363/B — Alterations to detached store including replacement metal profile roof with slate and solar panels, new doors and windows, and new garage door
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2025-01-09
**Parish:** German
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/33630-st-johns-thie-gennal-replacement-garage/documents/1079797

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# Decision Notice

Mr Joseph Smith Unit B2 Eden Business Park Cooil Road Braddan IM4 2AY

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 Mrs Mary Craven, Ref 24/91363/B, for the Alterations to detached store including replacement metal profile roof with slate and solar panels, new doors and windows, and new garage door at Thie Gennal Foxdale Road St Johns Isle Of Man IM4 3AP .

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 replacement garage doors hereby approved shall not open over any part of the highway.

Reason: To ensure no obstruction to the highway or any highway user in the interest of highway safety.

This approval relates to the following information:

- o Drawing numbers: 01, 02, 03, 04
- o 2 x solar panel specification details

- All date received 02/12/2024 This decision has been made for the following reasons(s) The proposal is considered to have an acceptable visual and amenity impact in line with General Policy 2 and the principles of those policies in the alteration of rural buildings EP16, HP11 and HP15 and subject to a condition in respect of the garage doors is considered to have an acceptable highway safety impact in line with General Policy 2 (h and i) of the IOM Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 9th January 2025

J CHANCE Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority delegated to them.

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 informed the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via https://pbc.gov.im/onlineapplications/)

Implementation A determination to grant planning approval does not have effect —

if an appeal is submitted until the appeal is determined or withdrawn; or

if no appeal is submitted, but there are potential appellants in addition to the applicant, until the time within which an appeal may be submitted has expired (21 days from the date of this notice).

Development must be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and any attached conditions (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 can only be made by a person who has been accorded rights to do so, must be in writing, include the appropriate fee and be submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice.

Guidance on how to appeal is available at gov.im/howtoappeal

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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/33630-st-johns-thie-gennal-replacement-garage/documents/1079797*