**Document:** Planning Approval Decision Notice
**Application:** 05/01586/C — Change of use of existing wholesale suppliers building to provide two furniture and floor covering retail units
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2005-10-14
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/79111-braddan-spring-valley-change-of-use/documents/1452172

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# Planning Approval Decision Notice

## Town and Country Planning Acts, 1934 - 1991

### Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) Order 1982

Morbaine Limited
The Finlan Centre
Hale Road
Widness
Cheshire
WA8 8PU

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

**Name:** Isle Of Man Industrial Development Co
**Proposal:** Change of use of existing wholesale suppliers building to provide two furniture and floor covering retail units
**at:**
Unit 1
Spring Valley Industrial Estate
Douglas
Isle Of Man
IM2 2QR

which was considered on 7 October 2005, subject to compliance with the conditions specified below.

**Date of Issue:** 14 October, 2005
**Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas**
[Signature]
Secretary Planning Committee

### Schedule Of Conditions:

1. The use must be taken up within four years of the date of this notice in order for this approval to remain valid after that time.

2. This approval relates to the change of use of the building as shown in the location plan and site plan date stamped the 19th August 2005.

3. The two units shown in the site plan date stamped the 19th August 2005 may only be used for the sale of furniture and floor coverings. No other goods may be sold except where ancillary and complementary to the main range of goods sold.

4. Unless permitted by a subsequent planning approval the internal floorspace shall not include any mezzanine or additional internal floorspace beyond that shown on the site plan date stamped the 19th August 2005.

5. Unless permitted by a subsequent planning approval the internal floorspace shall not be sub-divided beyond that shown on the site plan date stamped the 19th August 2005.

6. The use shall not commence until the car parking provision has been increased to provide one space per 25 metres of gross floor space. The layout of such car parking provision must be submitted to and agreed by the Planning Authority prior to its implementation.

7. The use shall not commence until the access road into the car park has been repositioned to improve highway visibility. The layout of such repositioning must be submitted to and agreed by the Planning Authority in consultation with the Highway Authority prior to its implementation.

NOTE The applicant/developer is advised that this approval relates solely to the change of use of the building contained with the application site from a wholesale supplier to two furniture and floor covering retails units and any works required to comply with the attached conditions of approval. Any external alterations or extensions that constitute development will require separate planning approval.

NOTE The applicant/developer is advised to consult with the Fire Safety Officer with regard to the provision of appropriate fire safety precautions within the premises.

NOTE For a change in the water supply to a premises (domestic or commercial) the applicant should contact the Isle of Man Water Authority Byelaws Inspector (Les Quayle), telephone 695957.

NOTE The applicant/developer is recommended to consider the needs of disabled users within the building.

This decision was made by the Planning Committee constituted in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) Order 1982.

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

Note 2: No works may be commenced until such time as -
- the time for requesting a review of the initial decision has expired; or
- any review of the initial decision has been completed; or
- the time for requesting an appeal in relation to the decision has expired; or
- any appeal has been completed.

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

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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/79111-braddan-spring-valley-change-of-use/documents/1452172*