**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 25/00240/LAW — Certificate of Lawfulness for use of attic bedroom as living space
**Decision:** Certificate of Lawful Use/Devel Approved
**Decision Date:** 2025-04-29
**Parish:** Michael
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/33991-kirk-michael-cronk-steone/documents/1084670
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# Decision Notice
## Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture
Rheynn Chymmytaght, Bee as Eirinys
Isle of Man
Government
Rheynn Chymmytaght, Bee
Please reply to the signatory and quote our reference on all
correspondence.
Our Ref: 25/00240/LAW
Your Ref:
Ms Tina Race
Ballagawne Cottage
Peel Road
Glen Mooar
Kirk Michael
IM6 1HL
Dear Sir/Madam,
**PA No:** 25/00240/LAW
**Proposal:** Certificate of Lawfulness for use of attic bedroom as living space
**Address:** Cronk Steone Rhencullen Kirk Michael Isle Of Man IM6 2HA
**Applicant:** Ms Tina Race
Tel: (01624) 685950
Email: planning@gov.im
Jennifer Chance, MRTPI
Director of Planning & Building
Control
29th April 2025
In consideration of the evidence provided in support of the abovementioned application, the
Department has determined to issue a Certificate of Lawfulness, herewith attached.
There is no appeal against the issue of this certificate, however should later contradictory
evidence be established, and in accordance with section 24(5) of the Town and Country
Planning Act 1999, the Department retains the power to revoke its issue.
Should you have any queries relative to the content of this certificate please contact the
Department at your earliest convenience.
Yours faithfully
J CALLOW
Jo Callow
Head of Technical Services and Customer Support
Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Planning and Building Control Directorate, Murray House,
Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Tel 685950 email planning@gov.im
EJC:Reference:25/00240/LAW
## Town And Country Planning Act 1999 Certificate Of Lawful Use Or Development
The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture hereby certifies that on the 5th March 2025, the matter described in Schedule 1 to this certificate in respect of the land specified in Schedule 2 to this certificate and edged RED on the plan attached to this certificate, was lawful within the meaning of section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 for the following reason(s):
1) There is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the bedroom in the attic of the dwellinghouse and referred to in the information received on 05.03.2025 has been used for more than ten years and as such, the Department may not issue an enforcement notice due to the provisions of Town and Country Planning Act 1999 Schedule 4 Part 1 paragraph 3(c).
- Schedule 1. Uses/Development to which this Certificate relates
Use of the attic bedroom as living space
- Schedule 2. The land to which the Certificate relates
Cronk Steone Rhencullen Kirk Michael Isle Of Man IM6 2HA
Date 29th April 2025 This decision was made by the Head of Development Management under the delegated authority afforded by Government Departments Act 1987.
S BUTLER S Butler MRTPI Head of Development Management
Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Planning and Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Tel 685950 email planning@gov.im
Notes
- 1. This certificate is issued solely for the purpose of section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999.
- 2. It certifies that the matter specified in Schedule 1 taking place on the land described in Schedule 2 was lawful, on the specified date and, thus, was not liable to enforcement action under section 26 of the 1999 Act on that date.
- 3. This certificate applies only to the extent of the matter described in Schedule 1 and to the land specified in Schedule 2 and identified on the attached plan. Any matter which is materially different from that described or which relates to other land may render the owner or occupier liable to enforcement action.
- 4. The effect of the certificate is also qualified by the proviso in section 24(3) of the 1999 Act, which states that the lawfulness of a described use or operation is only conclusively presumed where there has been no material change, before the use is instituted or the operations begun, in any of the matters relevant to determining such lawfulness.
Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Planning and Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF. Tel 685950 email planning@gov.im
|Cronk Steone
Arenthrou
Roadside Cottage
234219
Rhencullen
230328
Cronk Steone, Main Road, Kirk Michael
25/00240/LAW
Department Division/Office Case Reference
Date
DEFA Certifcate of Lawfulness
Isle of Man Government
29/04/2025
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