**Document:** Consultation 1.1 Ecosystems Policy **Application:** 26/10033/AIR — Information in relation to Condition 7 of PA 24/00810/B detailing a landscaping plan including ground preparation, plantings and maintenance **Decision:** **Decision Date:** **Parish:** Rushen **Document Type:** consultation / consultation_response **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/130771-rushen-lingague-farm-ballakilpheric-landscaping/documents/1594139 --- # Consultation 1.1 Ecosystems Policy From: Costain, Sophie (DEFA) To: Steve Gorry; Kohler, Charles Cc: DEFA, Planning Conditions Subject: RE: 26/10033/AIR Ecosystems comments Date: 21 April 2026 16:08:40 Attachments: image001.png Hi Steve Thank you for your email and sorry for the delayed response. I can confirm that we are content with the updated landscaping details as there is now no longer inclusion of any invasive plants. We are also more than content with the proposed earth pockets for lizards in the eastern stone and sod hedge. We would be interested to hear if there are any sightings of lizards in the future. I saw my first lizard of the year last week so they are out of hibernation and active so they might be seen on site. Best wishes ## Sophie Costain (she/her) (Miss) ##### Ecosystem Policy Officer or ecopolicy@gov.im Website: www.gov.im/defa From: Steve Gorry Sent: 17 April 2026 10:42 To: Kohler, Charles Costain, Sophie (DEFA) Cc: DEFA, Planning Conditions Subject: Re: 26/10033/AIR Ecosystems comments ### Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please take care before opening any attachments or following any links. Good morning Charles, Sophie, Thank you both for looking at the planting scheme so quickly, and Sophie thanks again for the advice on the project. If there is anything additional that you would like to see included (even if not part of the approved plan), please just ask; we remain committed to a netpositive development. Please find attached a revised plan omitting the offending plants and moving the hibernacula to a more appropriate elevation on the east boundary. Kind regards, Steve From: Kohler, Charles < Sent: 17 April 2026 08:52 To: Steve Gorry Subject: 26/10033/AIR Ecosystems comments Good morning Stephen Attached please find the Ecosystems comments on the species list for the planting scheme. Could you please address the issues raised and resubmit the planting scheme. #### Kind regards Charles Kohler Planning Assistant Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture (DEFA) Murray House Mount Havelock Douglas Isle of Man IM1 2SF ##### Planning legislation changes take effect for applications submitted in 2026. For more information please see the summary of key changes 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 may be published as detail relevant to the formal assessment of the application. Publication will include availability via online services. WARNING: This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. You must not copy or deliver it to any other person or use the contents in any unauthorised manner without the express permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail, please delete it and notify the sender as soon as possible. No employee or agent is authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of any of the Departments or Statutory Boards of the Isle of Man Government with any party by e-mail without express written confirmation by a Manager of the relevant Department or Statutory Board. RAAUE: S’preevaadjagh yn çhaghteraght post-l shoh chammah’s coadanyn erbee currit marish as ta shoh coadit ec y leigh. Cha nhegin diu coipal ny cur eh da peiagh erbee elley ny ymmydey yn chooid t’ayn er aght erbee dyn kied leayr veih’n choyrtagh. Mannagh nee shiu yn enmyssagh kiarit jeh’n phost-l shoh, doll-shiu magh eh, my sailliu, as cur-shiu fys da’n choyrtagh cha leah as oddys shiu. Cha nel kied currit da failleydagh ny jantagh erbee conaant y yannoo rish peiagh ny possan erbee lesh post-l er son Rheynn ny Boayrd Slattyssagh erbee jeh Reiltys Ellan Vannin dyn co-niartaghey scruit leayr veih Reireyder y Rheynn ny Boayrd Slattyssagh t’eh bentyn rish. --- *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/130771-rushen-lingague-farm-ballakilpheric-landscaping/documents/1594139*