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The Tongue Building Douglas Harbour Douglas IM1 5AQ

26/00065/BFull (detailed approval)Approved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Permitted2 conditions

Proposal

Change of use from retail unit to lifeboat station with erection of flagpole and radio antenna

Received
26 January 2026
Public comments
2
Council
Isle of Man
Ward
DOUGLAS SOUTH
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.1 Jun
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Tongue Building Douglas Harbour Douglas IM1 5AQ. Isle of Man has handled 544 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Isle of Man's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across DOUGLAS SOUTH. We hold 119 applications in total for the IM1 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Isle of Man were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IM1 5AQ
Application type
Full (detailed approval)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOUGLAS

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
1 June 2026
Last date for comments
1 May 2026
Target decision date
1 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hardies Chartered Surveyors The Signature Building, 8 Pitreavie Dunfermline Dunfermline KY11 8UU

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Isle of Man

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