**Document:** Decision Notice
**Application:** 18/00608/B — Variation of condition 3 of PA 12/00646/B, Erection of a replacement outbuilding to provide ancillary office/store, to convert office / store to tourist living accommodation
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2018-10-11
**Parish:** German
**Document Type:** decision / decision_notice
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/11732-st-johns-thie-gennal-replacement-conversion/documents/984564

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# Decision Notice

Mrs Helen Allan Thie Gennal Foxdale Road St Johns Isle Of Man IM4 3AP

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 Mrs Helen Allan, Ref 18/00608/B, for the Variation of condition 3 of PA 12/00646/B, Erection of a replacement outbuilding to provide ancillary office/store, to convert office / store to tourist living accommodation at Thie Gennal Foxdale Road St Johns Isle Of Man IM4 3AP 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 outbuilding must be used only for domestic storage and as a home office ancillary to the existing dwelling or for tourist accommodation in accordance with this approval.

Reason: The Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on the basis of the specific uses and any alternative uses will require further consideration.

- 3. The additional use of the building for tourist accommodation may only be used from up to 7 days before the first day of practice week for the TT and up to 7 days after the last race day of the TT, and up to 7 days before the first day of practice week for the Manx Grand Prix/Festival of Motorcycling races and up to 7 days after the last race day of the Manx Grand Prix/Festival of Motorcycling races, and in any event no longer than 6 weeks in any one year.

Reason: The Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on the specific periods required for in the application and any alternative periods of tourist use will require further consideration.

- 4. The outbuilding shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes incidental to the residential use of the dwelling known as 'Thie Gennal' as identified on the approved plans and shall not be occupied as a separate independent dwelling unit.

Reason: To ensure proper control of the development and to avoid any future undesirable fragmentation of the curtilage.

This approval relates to site plan, location plan, existing floor plan, proposed floor plan, associated site photographs and supporting statement all date stamped and received 12/06/2018.

NOTE As a note, the applicant is reminded that this approval does not guarantee tourist accommodation registration under the Tourist Act (1975) or any homestay registration which are to be addressed through separate processes and requirements.

Date of Issue: 11th October 2018

## Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority delegated to them.

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.

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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/).*
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