**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 24/00272/B — Installation of replacement front doors
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2024-05-17
**Parish:** Lezayre
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/32314-lezayre-2-3-barrack-lane-doors-replacement/documents/1145291

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# DEC Decision Notice

Ms Emilia Humphrey 2 And 3 Barrack Lane Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1BE

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 subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to REFUSE an application by Ms Emilia Humphrey, Ref 24/00272/B, for the Installation of replacement front doors at 2 And 3 Barrack Lane Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1BE for the following reason(s):

- 1. The replacement door would not respect the material, finish or panel arrangement of the existing door and fails the statutory test within Section 18 of the Town and Country Planning Act. Therefore, it is recommended for a refusal.

The replacement door would not replicate the form, finish, materials or opening method of the existing door, and as a result the proposals fail the statutory test within Section 18 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 as the replacement door would not preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Peel Conservation Area.

- 2. The replacement doors would not preserve or enhance the character of the Ramsey Conservation Area and would affect adversely the character of the surrounding townscape and would affect adversely the character of the locality and is not considered to respect the design of the existing building. Therefore failing to comply with Strategic Policy 4, General Policy 2 and Environment Policy 35 of the Strategic Plan.

Date of Issue: 17th May 2024

J CHANCE Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Acting 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 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.

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 £335); 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 £125).

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.

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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/32314-lezayre-2-3-barrack-lane-doors-replacement/documents/1145291*