**Document:** CON Consultation 1 DEFA Fisheries **Application:** 21/00558/B — Erection of a timber lodge to replace approved tree house under PA 17/01254/B **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2021-07-28 **Parish:** German **Document Type:** consultation / defa_response **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/7560-st-johns-campsite-glen-helen-replacement-dwelling/documents/933270 --- # CON Consultation 1 DEFA Fisheries From: Ward, John To: "samsondesignsltd@gmail.com" Cc: DEFA, Planning Subject: FW: Planning Application: 21/00558/B -Campsite Glen Helen St Johns Date: 04 June 2021 10:01:27 Attachments: Development within 9m.pdf Dear Glen Helen Glamping Ltd, This planning application indicates that the proposed works in are in close proximity to a watercourse. To further assess this application and the potential impact to the nearby watercourse, you are requested to complete the attached ‘Development within 9 Metres of a Watercourse’ form. Once this has been returned to Fisheries, it may be necessary to arrange a site visit with you to discuss the proposed development in more detail. Please return by email or by post to the address below as soon as possible. Fisheries will respond further to this application once the requested information has been received and considered. In the meantime please contact Inland Fisheries on 685857 with any further queries. Best wishes, John. John Ward, Inland Fisheries Policy Manager Environment Directorate Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St Johns, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS Tel: 01624 651 578 M: 07624 569744 Fax: 01624 685851 Website www.gov.im/DEFA Email john.ward@gov.im Our Island, Our Environment, Our Future A special place for people and nature Boayl er-lheh son sleih as najoor WARNING If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail, you must not copy or deliver it to anyone else or use it in any unauthorised manner. ## Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Rheynn Chymmyltaght, Bee as Eirinys Development within 9m of a watercourse As part of the planning application process you have indicated that the proposed development is within 9m of a watercourse. You are asked to complete the following form to provide the Department with additional information regarding the proposal. Please note that where significant disturbance is anticipated a formal Method Statement and/ or site visit may also be required. 1. Location: Please provide details of the proposed development. Planning application No.: | | |---| ### Address: Name of watercourse (where known): - 2. Alteration of the watercourse: Please give details of any proposed alterations to the watercourse or thebankside. - 3. Disturbance to the watercourse: Please give details of any possible disturbance to the watercourse. If entry to the watercourse (by personnel or machinery) is required as part of the development, please give details. 4. Timing: Certain activities have greater impact on a watercourse at different times of year (e.g. at times of high water temperature or low flow conditions). Please give details of the timing of phases of the development which are likely to affect thewatercourse. Note in-channel works are not normally permitted between the months of October to June inclusive. 5. Building Materials (Concrete, mortar and cement): These substances are highly damaging to the aquatic environment. Please give details relating to the use of these materials and how you intend to prevent their introduction into the watercourse. 6. Other toxic materials: Many common buildingmaterials such as paint, solvents, fuels, lubricants etc. may also be hazardous. Please give details relating to their potential use and how you intend to prevent the introduction of these materials into the watercourse. 7. Washings from equipment and works: Although they may be diluted, the washings from cleaning equipment and other works may also contain substances harmful to the aquatic environment. Washings often go unnoticed as the activity may be carried out some distance from the watercourse, however they can flow or percolate into the watercourse causing harm. Please give details as to how such washings are to be managed. 8. Sedimentation: Soil, clay or other similar material may form suspended solids once introduced tothe aquatic environment these may have a physical effect on the organisms themselves such as suffocation and may also damage the habitat e.g. the destruction of spawning sites. Please give details as to how the introduction of such material is to be prevented. 9. Contingency & Education: It is always wise to have contingency measures in place and be aware of what to do and who to contact in the event of an incident. Often simply seeking advice prior to any activity where an element of uncertainty exists can prevent such incidents. Please give details of what measures will be taken to ensure that the workforce is sufficiently aware of the potential hazards to the watercourse posed by the proximity of the works and what to do in the event of an incident arising. 10. Responsibility: Please give contact details of the person responsible for ensuring that the above measures are carried out and that the watercourse is protected. Name: Contact details 11. Other information (continue on a separate sheet where necessary).: Please provide any additional information which you feel may be helpful or appropriate. Personal Information The Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture is a controller under the Data Protection Act 2018 and will hold your personal information to comply with its legal obligations under the Fisheries Act 2012. Your personal information will be held by DEFA for the purposes of processing this form. -  Some of the information you provide may be shared within DEFA and other government departments, boards and offices, if it will help fulfil other statutory obligations or functions carried out in the public interest. -  For details about how your information may be used, retained, amended or deleted please see our privacy notice at www.gov.im/fisheries -  To enquire about personal data use, contact the DEFA Data Protection Officer on 686781, or by email at DPO-DEFA@gov.im -  You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner (IC) if you think the department is acting outside of the Data Protection Act 2018. The IC can be contacted here https://www.inforights.im Sign and date: Print name: Please return your completed form to: Fisheries Directorate, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St Johns, IM4 3AS. Or by email to fisheries@gov.im Please include a site location plan clearly showing the location of the proposed development in relation to any watercourses, including any relevant distances or dimensions. If you have any questions regarding this form please contact the Department on 685857 or at fisheries@gov.im. To report a suspected pollution incident please contact the Department on 685885 --- *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/7560-st-johns-campsite-glen-helen-replacement-dwelling/documents/933270*