**Document:** Decision Notice **Application:** 18/00013/B — Demolition of existing industrial unit and formation of car park for a period of 4 years **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2018-11-16 **Parish:** Braddan **Document Type:** decision / decision_notice **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/11160-braddan-25-south-demolition/documents/979646 --- # Decision Notice Cornerstone Architects 79 Parliament Street Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1AQ TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013 In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Quay Properties Ltd, Ref 18/00013/B, for the Demolition of existing industrial unit and formation of car park for a period of 4 years at 25 South Quay Douglas Isle Of Man IM1 5AR subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any): - 1. The use of the site as a car park shall cease on or before the 31.12.2020 Reason: The application is contrary to the land use designation within the Douglas Local Plan (1998) and the Council of Ministers have indicated that temporary car parking should not normally be supported, however, the application has been approved taking account of the current situation in relation to the emerging Area Plan and other large development schemes which may result in a short-term loss of car parking in other parts of Douglas - 2. The development hereby approved shall not commence unless a Traffic Regulation Order is in place and operational to implement the parking restrictions shown on drawing no. (03)003RevC and 004 (both date stamped as having been received 01.10.18). Reason: In the interests of highway safety. - 3. The car park hereby approved shall not be brought into use until details of how flood warning/evacuation measures have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The car park shall be operated in accordance with the approved details. Reason: The development is within an area identified as being at risk of flooding. - 4. No barrier shall be installed across the entrance to the site. Reason: To prevent a situation whereby cars may need to wait to access the site and thus cause a highway obstruction. - 5. The car park hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the Rockfall Protection Fence as shown on drawing (03)003RevC (date stamped as having been received 01.01.18) has been installed, and the fencing shall be retained as such at all times that the car park is operational. Reason: In the interests of safety. - 6. No later than 6 months following the car park hereby approved becoming operational details shall be submitted to the Department for approval setting out how the site shall be treated following the cessation of the car park use hereby approved. Within 3 months of the cessation of the car park use the site shall be treated in accordance with the approved scheme. Reason: To avoid the creation of an unsightly area. - 7. The car park use hereby approved shall not be brought into use until the site has been fully surfaced and laid out in accordance with drawing no. (03)003RevC (date stamped as having been received 01.10.18), including the erection of fencing and lighting, and thereafter retained as such whilst the car park is operational. Reason: To ensure that the site is properly laid out prior to the use commencing. - 8. No flood lights shall be installed within the site unless they are in accordance with drawing (03)003RevC. Reason: To avoid unnecessary light pollution. This approval relates to the following plans/drawings/information: - - Drawing 'Proposed Site Plan and Details' No. (03)003RevC date stamped as being received 01.10.18 - - Drawing 'Proposed Site Plan and Visibility Splay' No. 004 date stamped as being received 01.10.18 - - Letter from Cornerstone Architects dated 28.09.18 and attached e-mail from Quay Properties Plc - - Structural Engineers Report from BB Consulting Engineers dated 07.02.18- letter from Cornerstone Architects dated 05.01.18 - - Letter from Quay Properties PLC dated 13.06.18 - - Drawing 'Location Plan' No. (03)001 date stamped as having been received 28.12.17 - - Drawing 'Existing Elevations - Building to be demolished' No. (03)301 date stamped as having been received 28.12.17 - - Letter from Cornerstone Architects dated 28.06.18 Date of Issue: 16th November 2018 ## Director of Planning and Building Control Guidance Note This decision was made by the Planning Committee in accordance with the authority delegated to it. All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas. https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013. Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument. Specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain: -  Payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the Town and Country Planning (Application and Appeal Fees) (No2) Order 2016 (currently £175); -  The reasons for making the appeal; and -  An election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation. An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planningapplications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/ If no appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House. ### PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice. --- *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/11160-braddan-25-south-demolition/documents/979646*