Castletown housing review

Summary

The requester asked for the rationale behind prioritizing the Eastern Plan over the Castletown Housing Land Review, details on public consultation, and correspondence between Ministers Cregeen and Moorhouse. The Cabinet Office disclosed that the Castletown review was an evidence base rather than a statutory plan, confirmed that public consultation did occur, and provided one email from Minister Cregeen.

Key Facts

• The Castletown Housing Land Review was concluded in December 2017 as an evidence base, not a statutory development plan.
• The Area Plan for the East was intended to be a statutory development plan from its preliminary publicity in February 2017.
• Public consultation for the Castletown review included a call for sites in October 2015 and further consultation between August and October 2016.
• A public event regarding the review was held on 27 September 2016.
• Direct email correspondence from Minister Cregeen to Minister Thomas on 11 December 2017 was released.

Data Disclosed

• 1472405
• 2020-09-15
• 2020-10-06
• December 2017
• February 2017
• October 2015
• 26 August 2016
• 7 October 2016
• 27 September 2016
• 11 December 2017
• 3 pages
• 1 document

Original Request

Good afternoon, please provide me with a copy of: 1. the policy decision and rationale for the Castletown Housing Land Review to be put behind the Eastern Plan in terms of priority and/ or completion. 2. the policy decision and rationale for the Castletown Housing Land Review to not be completed fully as is standard for land reviews in terms of public consultation etc. 3. correspondence from MHK's Cregeen and Moorhouse in relation to the housing land review. Many thanks

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Government Office Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PN Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244 Website: www.gov.im/co

Our ref: 1472405 6 October 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 15 September 2020 and which states:

"Good afternoon, please provide me with a copy of: 1. the policy decision and rationale for the Castletown Housing Land Review to be put behind the Eastern Plan in terms of priority and/ or completion. 2. the policy decision and rationale for the Castletown Housing Land Review to not be completed fully as is standard for land reviews in terms of public consultation etc. 3. correspondence from MHK's Cregeen and Moorhouse in relation to the housing land review. Many thanks"

Our response to your request is as follows: Please provide me with a copy of: 1. The policy decision and rationale for the Castletown Housing Land Review to be put behind the Eastern Plan in terms of priority and/or completion. The Castletown Housing Land Review was not started as a statutory development plan (unlike the Area Plan for the East) and did not follow the process set out in Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 as a result. Cabinet Office concluded that the Review was an evidence base rather than the basis for a new area plan for Castletown in December 2017. The Preliminary Publicity for the Area plan for the East was published in February 2017 under Schedule 1 and was always intent on becoming a statutory development plan. 2. The policy decision and rationale for the Castletown Housing Land Review to not be completed fully as is standard for land reviews in terms of public consultation etc. Public consultation did take place on a call for sites exercise (October 2015). Further consultation took place between 26 August 2016 and 7 October 2016. There was a public event on 27 September 2016.

1. Correspondence from MHK's Cregeen and Moorhouse in relation to the housing land review. Direct e-mail correspondence was received from Minister Cregeen to Minister Thomas on 11 December 2017. A copy of the e-mail is attached.

Please quote the reference number 1472405 in any future communications.

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