Planning

The next round of the Petition of J G Kelly and Jackson Homes (Southern) Ltd, against a decision of the Council of Ministers (COMIN) to refuse planning permission for the erection of 257 dwellings at Crossag Farm, Ballasalla, was heard ...

In a judgement delivered by Deemster Kerruish today (27th May 2008) developer Baccarat has been adjudged to satisfy the test of ‘any person aggrieved’ in section 5 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1999.  Developer Henry Kennaugh’s company launched ...

The first practice for this year’s race may have finally got underway, but the Manx Herald has been made aware that the organizers may have broken the law in order to ‘facilitate’ the marshalling, and viewing, on parts of the ...

At Wednesday’s (14th May 2008) hearing, as to whether Strategic Plan ‘challenger’, developer Baccarat, qualified as ‘any person aggrieved’, in accordance with section 5 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1999, Deemster Kerruish said, after nearly 4 hours of ...

The legal challenge, mounted by Baccarat, to the Island’s Strategic (development) Plan has stalled on the second day of the trial.  Deemster Kerruish had been unsettled, throughout most of the opening day, on one particular point - whether Baccarat meets ...

Mr Lewin continued to maintain that Mr Hoggett’s medical condition was a confidential issue.  Mr Rodan presumed if the meeting had been successful that he would have informed the Chairman.  Mr Lewin explained that if Mr Hoggett had said on ...

Charles Lewin finally appeared before the Tynwald Select Committee, set up 14 months ago, to investigate his, and the Commissioners’, involvement in the withdrawal of the draft Braddan Plan.  He was accompanied, at the hearing, by his Advocate, Walter Wannenburgh ...

It’s business as usual, down at the Department of Local Government and the Environment, as the Director of Planning, Ian McCauley is forced to suffer yet another embarrassment following a further administrative error in his division.   This time it ...

Developer, Henry Kennaugh has delivered a further devastating attack on the Department of Local Government and the Environment, and the manner in which he thought the Department mismanaged the review of the Braddan Plan.  Mr Kennaugh was giving evidence to ...

The Committee, established by Tynwald in October 2007, to investigate matters relating to the controversial Poacher’s Pocket development, in Ballasalla, has published its report; which is due to be debated at this month’s sitting of Tynwald.  The 84 page report ...