**Document:** Refusal Notice 07/01538/B
**Application:** 07/01538/B — Erection of a First Time Buyer Housing Development comprising 36 semi detached dwellings and ten apartments with associated parking
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2008-02-01
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/83734-braddan-land-at-pulrose-farm-dwelling/documents/1508267

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# Refusal Notice 07/01538/B

## Town and Country Planning Act 1999

## Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005

Haven Homes Ltd
Orchard Street
Port Erin
Isle Of Man
IM9 6AJ

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the PLANNING COMMITTEE of the Department of Local Government and the Environment does hereby REFUSE the following application made on behalf of:

**Name:** Haven Homes Ltd
**Proposal:** Erection of a First Time Buyer Housing Development comprising 36 semi detached dwellings and ten apartments with associated parking
**at:** Land At Pulrose Farm
Castletown Road
Douglas
Isle Of Man

which was considered on 25th January 2008, for the reasons set out below. **Date of Issue:** 1st February 2008 **Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas**

**REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL:**

1. The proposed development fails to make adequate provision for public open space on a site which is physically separated by a very busy main road from other usable areas of public open space. The Strategic Plan sets out the standards required for the provision of Public Open Space (Appendix 6) and the amount of space provided within this development falls well short of this.

2. The development fails to make adequate or convenient provision for car parking facilities to serve the proposed housing. Each dwelling should, in accordance with Appendix 7 of the Strategic Plan, have two parking spaces, one of which should be behind the building line and in the case of the apartments, each unit should have two spaces whereas there are only fifteen spaces proposed for ten two bedroomed apartments. Some of the spaces serving the semi-detached dwellings are tandem spaces which could lead to parking on the

estate road and others, for example those serving plots 41 to 46 are arranged such that some of the spaces serving each dwelling are not directly alongside the properties they serve, leading to a lack of supervision and potential inconvenience for the occupants of the dwellings.

3. The style and design of the dwellings and the apartments and their layout, close to the estate road and to the boundaries of the site, appear as over-intensive and unsympathetic to the very open location of the site within a golf course and in an open, green landscape.

**Note**

The site or land around it is known to accommodate lizards which are protected by the Wildlife Act 1990. The applicant is advised to consult the Conservation and Wildlife Office of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in order to undertake a survey to determine whether any action needs to be taken in this respect.

**Note**

The applicant is advised to consider a lower density of development and possibly greater variation in the type of dwellings to provide more space around the dwellings and more interest in the layout of the development, particularly in respect of the boundary treatment of the site, inclusion of ladnscaping within the site and greater space between the buildings and the edges of the site.

This decision was made by the Planning Committee constituted in accordance with Article 3(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2005.

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### Guidance Note

The decision contained in this notice does not become final until either;

- The time for requesting an appeal has expired; or
- Any appeal has been determined;

Whichever is the later.

Any appeal against this decision must be in writing and must be received by this Department within 21 days of the date of this notice.

A form and guidance notes are available from either the Planning Office, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website www.gov.im/dlge/planning/plan/applications/decision.xml

A copy of the Officer’s report, which led to this decision, is attached for reference. This report, together with correspondence relative to the application, is available for inspection by anyone wishing to view it at the Department.

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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/83734-braddan-land-at-pulrose-farm-dwelling/documents/1508267*