Plans for 92 new homes in Peel approved

Dandara given the green light for project subject to legal agreement

Plans for 92 new homes in Peel have been approved.  

Property developer Dandara has been given the green light, subject to a legal agreement, to build the estate on land adjacent to Peel Golf Course, Glenfaba Rise, and Castle View Nursing Home. 

You can find more information HERE.

At a meeting of the planning committee today (16 September) the plans were once again put before members, after being deferred for a site visit to take place earlier this month.

It marks 'phase two' of the developer's plans for the west of the Island and includes a mix of two, three, four and five bed properties. 

Twenty-three of the homes will be classed as 'affordable'.

Members of the planning committee were once again taken through a slideshow of the proposals and statements were heard from the applicant and objectors.

"Failing Infrastructure"

Concerns have been raised around what impact the plans would have on the town's sewage infrastructure and capacity at schools and GPs.

Members were told Peel Clothworkers School has been over capacity since 2017, while plans for temporary classrooms at Queen Elizabeth II High School were approved earlier this year.

One objector, Sharon Lambert, told the planning committee that a 'large contingent' in Peel do not want the development to go ahead and pleaded with the area's MHKs to try and put a stop to the plans.

Glenfaba and Peel MHK Kate Lord-Brennan had previously spoken out against the proposals, saying a 'huge amount of residential development in Peel since the [1989 Peel Local Plan] was approved by Tynwald – far exceeding residential development elsewhere'.

Applicant's Case 

David Humphrey, Dandara's representative, addressed concerns over infrastructure and public services in Peel, saying 'public services should respond to growth, not the other way around'.  

On sewage; Mr Humphreys explained how a temporary sewage plant on the site would not add to the quantity of raw sewage currently being released into Peel bay, despite being connected to the main system, because all sewage from the housing estate would be treated beforehand.

Plans for a permanent sewage treatment plant in Peel have been approved - which any future development on the site would connect to - however, an appeal has been lodged.

Mr Humphreys confirmed the developer would be responsible for the maintenance of the temporary site and cover the costs of connection to the main system.

One committee member, Adele Betteridge, questioned whether the on-site farm building needed to be demolished or whether it could be retained, airing concerns over the amount of industrial waste, such a demolition, would produce.

It's said the building is in a 'very poor condition' and it would be acceptable, in planning policy terms, to demolish it.

Mr Humphreys said materials from the building would be used in the pending development, such as the roadways.

Vote

The plans were recommended for approval subject to a legal agreement.

Three members of the planning committee voted for the development to go ahead, two voted against.

You can find more information about application 24/00055/B via the planning website.