A summary of responses to the public consultation on the Lower Douglas Master Plan has been published by the Department of Infrastructure.
 
The document sets out some of the feedback received during the six-week consultation in May and June this year for the ‘Draft Interim Planning Guidance for Key Town Centre Sites in Douglas’, which forms the basis for the Department’s vision for creating a key gateway area to Douglas and the Island, based around the ‘Middlemarch’ site, Lord Street and North Quay.
 
Coordinated by the Planning and Building Control Division of the DoI, the consultation ran from May 8th until June 19th and the initial summary of responses can be viewed on the Department’s website at http://www.gov.im/transport/ConsultationDetail.gov?id=320.
 
Howard Quayle MHK, Political Member with responsibility for Planning, said: ‘Submissions were received from Government Departments, developers, stakeholders, Local Authorities and members of the public, so it was a strong cross-section of views, covering issues ranging from the proposed development opportunities to car parking.
 
‘We are now reviewing the responses and later this year we will produce a final version of the Interim Planning Guidance, which the Department will be asked to adopt, and the Guidance can then be used as a policy document to assist in determining planning applications within the area.’