**Document:** Agriculture Lands Planning Statement **Application:** 20/01102/B — Alterations, installation of a replacement footbridge, resurfacing of car park and relocation of play area **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2021-06-07 **Parish:** Lonan **Document Type:** report / planning_statement **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/6767-lonan-glen-gardens-new-road-alterations-installation-replacement/documents/1579202 --- # Agriculture Lands Planning Statement ## Nessy A few words below regarding your query The current traditional playground is aging and in desperate need of replacement. It remains the only playground facility in upper Laxey Village and therefore an important community recreational asset. Its current position in the Glen is prone to flooding which, in recent years, has forced the permanent removal of a number of items leaving only a few play stations including: swings and slide, installed in the 1980s and a couple of springer items. It is intended to relocate the playground to the site of the old Victorian boating lake on the opposite side of the river, away from the flood zone (subject to planning approval). The Department wants the proposed playground upgrade to deliver imaginative playscapes to befit the location and maximise play value, whilst giving cognizance to Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) compliance and meeting the latest playground safety standards Kind regards Oliver O'Meara Property & Infrastructure Manager Agriculture & Lands Directorate | Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Thie Slieau Whallian | Foxdale Road | St Johns | Isle of Man | IM4 3AS TEL: (+44) 01624 695707 | MOB: (+44) 07624 451822 | E-MAIL: oliver.o'meara@gov.im From: Porter, Vanessa Sent: 08 December 2020 12:12 To: O'Meara, Oliver Subject: PA20/01102/B - Glen Gardens Good Afternoon, Further to your query's on the above application, I am currently writing up my recommendation. I've looked in the information provided as part of the application and apologise if I've missed it but I cannot find anything that states what the request to move the play park is (I do have an assumption though) and also what is happening with the area where the old play park is. Would it be possible to provide me with this information? Many Thanks Nessy Mrs Vanessa Porter Planning Officer Planning & Building Control Directorate Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture (DEFA) Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas Isle of Man IM1 2SF Tel: (01624) 685870 e-mail: vanessa.porter@gov.im From the 1st January 2020 planning is changing - see www.gov.im/planningreform To be kept up-to-date on changes to the planning service, sign up to our mailing list by sending your request (including contact details) to planning@gov.im Any views expressed in this email are those of the officer only and are without prejudice to any formal decision made under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and any relevant secondary legislation. Please be aware that should the content of this email be materially relevant to a planning application, its content will be published. Publication will include availability via online services. please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email? --- *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/6767-lonan-glen-gardens-new-road-alterations-installation-replacement/documents/1579202*