**Document:** DEC Decision Notice
**Application:** 22/01113/B — Demolition of existing dwelling and redevelopment of the site and adjacent land with an apartment block accommodation seven apartments with associated drainage, access, basement parking and landscaping
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2023-12-04
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/9595-braddan-gloccamora-douglas-head-demolition-dwelling/documents/960596

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# DEC Decision Notice

Kay Associates Chartered Architects LtdMrs Caroline Kay Southgate House 89 Circular Road, Douglas IM1 1AX

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act, and subordinate Orders and Regulations, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to REFUSE an application by Mr John Barton, Ref 22/01113/B, for the Demolition of existing dwelling and redevelopment of the site and adjacent land with an apartment block accommodation seven apartments with associated drainage, access, basement parking and landscaping at Gloccamora Douglas Head Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 5BW for the following reason(s):

- 1. The application site partially falls within land not zoned for any form of development in the Area Plan for the East. The principle of a high density residential development is therefore contrary to the Island's spatial strategy, and does not meet one of the defined exceptions to the presumption against new development in the countryside in accordance with General Policy 3 of the Strategic Plan (2016). The development is therefore further contrary to Spatial Policies 1 and 5.
- 2. The design, scale, form and massing of the proposed development is considered to be out of character with the largely open and undeveloped nature of Douglas Head, to the detriment of its character, appearance and visual amenity. By reason of its substantial scale, massing and architectural vernacular, the proposals are further considered to be unduly prominent in the context of key long distance public vistas within Douglas Bay and offshore, to the detriment of the wider landscape, townscape and seascape setting. The proposals are therefore considered further contrary to Strategic Policies 3 and 5, General Policy 2 (b) and (c), and Environment Policy 42 of the Strategic Plan (2016).
- 3. The application site falls within the inner consultation zone of a major hazardous installation, with the nature and high density of the proposed development deemed to be inappropriate in this location due to the potential health and safety risk to members of the public, contrary to Environment Policy 29 of the Strategic Plan (2016).

Date of Issue: 4th December 2023

J CHANCE Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it.

This decision refers only to that applied for under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and its subordinate legislation.

A copy of the Officer’s report and any correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services www.gov.im/Viewapplications) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

Appeal Any appeal must be in writing and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. The appeal must contain:

-  the grounds for making the appeal;
-  payment of the planning appeal fee (currently £335); and if relevant, confirmation that the appellant wishes to have the appeal determined by means of an inquiry and payment of the additional inquiry fee (currently £125).

Where the appeal is submitted by the applicant they must:

-  specify in detail and by reference to material planning considerations the reasons why the appellant disagrees with that determination; and
-  Where against a refusal, on the grounds of deficient detail or supporting documentation, set out why they consider the information or documentation forming part of the application was sufficient in the circumstance.

If the appeal is submitted by someone who has interested Person Status but is not listed in Article 4(2) of the Development Procedure Order 2019, that person must relate their grounds for making the appeal to issues which they included in representations made prior to the application being determined.

Failure to meet all of the relevant above requirements will mean that the appeal cannot be validated.

An appeal form and more detailed guidance are available either from Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal

If this decision becomes final because there is no appeal, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application (should one have been received) may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. Please note that if the counter copy of the application is not collected within thirty days following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyed without further notice.

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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/9595-braddan-gloccamora-douglas-head-demolition-dwelling/documents/960596*