**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 97/02244/B — Erection of replacement supermarket store, (amendment to previously approved planning application 97/0097), Shoprite Supermarket, Victoria Road, Douglas.
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 1998-05-21
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/125864-erection-shoprite-supermarket-victoria-road-douglas/documents/1146362

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# DEC Decision Notice

ISLE OF MAN PLANNING SCHEME (DEVELOPMENT PLAN) ORDER 1982

To: Michael Aukett Architects
Atlantic House
77 Kings Road
London SW3 4NX

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Acts and Order the Department of Local Government and the Environment does hereby APPROVE the application made by you on behalf of

Shoprite (IoM) Ltd

Erection of replacement supermarket store, (amendment to previously approved planning application 97/0097), Shoprite Supermarket, Victoria Road, Douglas.

which was considered on the 19 May 1998, subject to the compliance with the conditions or modifications specified on the attached schedule, numbered 1 to 12.

Date of Issue: 26 May 1998

Murray House,
Mount Havelock,
Douglas, Isle of Man.

Note 1: This permission refers only to that required under the Town & Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment, byelaw, order or regulation.

Note 2: NO WORKS MAY BE COMMENCED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS -

a) the time for requesting a review of the initial decision has expired; or
b) any review of the initial decision has been completed; or
c) the time for requesting an appeal in relation to any decision at review has expired; or
d) any appeal has been completed.

Note 3: Rights of review against the decision are attached.

1
The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

2
All services must be laid underground.

3
This approval relates to the use, as a groceries supermarket, of that part of the site on which are proposed the new building and its associated car-parks and landscaped areas; no approval is hereby implied to any change of use on that part of the site on which there are holiday chalets or which is wooded.

4
The block of chalets adjacent to the loading area must be used only for administration or storage purposes in association with the Holiday Village, or must be demolished, in accordance with the submitted drawing 9647/PL020.

5
Prior to the commencement of any works, the applicant/developer must consult with the Fire Prevention Officer with regard to all aspects of fire safety; the recommendations arising therefrom must be implemented prior to use of any or each part of the building; these works should be collated with the phasing arrangements referred to in (6) below.

6
If it is proposed to undertake the proposed building operations on a phased basis such as to keep trading during the construction period, details of the phasing, together with arrangements for access, egress, parking, and fire precautions must be submitted to and approved by the Committee prior to the commencement of any works.

7
The entrance to the shop, the internal layout, and at least one set of sanitary facilities must be designed and constructed such as to be suitable for unassisted wheelchair users, in accordance with BS5810.

8
Samples of all external finishes must be submitted to and approved by the Director of Planning prior to any use thereof.

9
All external signage must form the subject of a separate application under the Adverts Byelaws.

10
All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwellings whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species.

11
The revised highway arrangements shown on drawing no. 9093/103A must be undertaken and completed prior to work commencing on the construction of the new shop building; as part of these highway works, there must be provided 'over-run' areas on the highway islands between Victoria Road and the petrol filling-station; the developer is advised to continue liaison with the Department of Transport in this regard.

12
Access to the site via Linden Grove must be closed off and discontinued; the arrangements for so doing must be included as part of the phasing arrangements required by conditions (6) above.

Notes:
The developer is advised to consult with

(a) the Food Hygiene Officer within the Environmental Health Inspectorate; and
(b) the Douglas Corporation with regard to the arrangements for refuse storage and collection.

NOTE: This decision was made by the Director of Planning in accordance with powers delegated to him under Paragraph 2 (6) (b) of the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) Order 1982.

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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/125864-erection-shoprite-supermarket-victoria-road-douglas/documents/1146362*
