**Document:** Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
**Application:** 15/00898/LAW — Application to make lawful the installation of replacement windows
**Decision:** Certificate of Lawful Use/Devel Approved
**Decision Date:** 2015-09-30
**Parish:** Lonan
**Document Type:** decision / certificate_of_lawfulness
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/20144-lonan-yn-shenn-oik-postagh-application-make-lawful/documents/1581856

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# Certificate of Lawful Use or Development

Reference: 15/00898/LAW

## Town And Country Planning Act 1999 Certificate Of Lawful Use Or Development

The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture hereby certifies that on the 10th August 2015, matter described in Schedule 1 to this certificate in respect of the land specified in Schedule 2 to this certificate and edged RED on the plan attached to this certificate, would have been lawful within the meaning of section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 for the following reason(s):

1) Taking into account the evidence supplied by the applicant, it is demonstrated that the alterations to the windows of the building which is identified by the red line on the Location Plan date stamped 7th August 2015 were carried out before August 2011.

This decision was made by in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department and in accordance with the authority delegated under the Government Departments Act 1987.

- Schedule 1. Uses to which this certificate relates
- Schedule 2. The Land to Which the Notice Relates

Yn Shenn Oik Postagh Old Laxey Hill Laxey Isle Of Man IM4 7DA

Date 30th September 2015

### Mrs C Dudley Deputy Head of Technical and Customer Support

Signed on behalf of the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture

Notes

- 1. This certificate is issued solely for the purpose of section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999.

- 2. It certifies that the matter specified in Schedule 1 taking place on the land described in Schedule 2 would have been lawful, on the specified date and, thus, would not have been liable to enforcement action under section 26 of the 1999 Act on that date.
- 3. This certificate applies only to the extent of the matter described in Schedule 1 and to the land specified in Schedule 2 and identified on the attached plan. Any matter which is materially different from that described or which relates to other land may render the owner or occupier liable to enforcement action.
- 4. The effect of the certificate is also qualified by the proviso in section 24(3) of the 1999 Act, which states that the lawfulness of a described use or operation is only conclusively presumed where there has been no material change, before the use is instituted or the operations begun, in any of the matters relevant to determining such lawfulness.

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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/20144-lonan-yn-shenn-oik-postagh-application-make-lawful/documents/1581856*