**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 18/00219/B — Renovation and extension of former mill building to create a dwelling
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2018-05-11
**Parish:** Rushen
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/11362-colby-scholaby-mill-extension-dwelling/documents/981575

---

# Decision Notice

Arch-Tec (IOM) Ltd The Architectural Studio 2nd Floor 20 Duke Street Douglas IM1 2AY

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 Mr & Mrs Steve McGillicudy, Ref 18/00219/B, for the Renovation and extension of former mill building to create a dwelling at Scholaby Mill Ballakilpheric Road Colby Isle Of Man IM9 4BX subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

- 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

- 2. The residential curtilage of the converted mill shall extend only to the land on the southern side of the footpath and shall not include the mill pond nor land to the north, nor to land to the west as shown in the location plan. Reason: to clarify the extent of the residential curtilage.
- 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012, no extension to the property nor any garage or shed may be erected without planning approval.

Reason: to control the spread of development which could undermine the character of the converted property.

- 4. The car port shown as such on the approved plans must be retained for the parking of vehicles associated with the occupation of the dwelling as proposed and may not be converted to part of the living accommodation within the unit. Reason: to clarify the extent of the approval.
- 5. The applicant should note that bats are protected under the Wildlife Act 1990 and should any bat or bat roost be found within the building during construction, all work must cease and contact must be made with the DEFA Biodiversity Office to determine how to proceed.

Reason: to comply with Environment Policy 4 and the Wildlife Act 1990. This decision relates to drawings 1428.1, 1428.2 and the location plan, all received on 07.03.18.

Date of Issue: 11th May 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 in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

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/11362-colby-scholaby-mill-extension-dwelling/documents/981575*