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Cllr Devon Watson says the new policy is needed to support residents 

Living standards on the Isle of Man could fall, despite the increase in some benefits. Douglas Councillor Devon Watson has shared his concern t...

News from Douglas Printed and digital download photos available Douglas councillors have, yet again, hit out at undeveloped brownfield sites in the capital being used for car parking. In this month’s sitting of the council, members debated parking after planners rejected an application to extend the use of a piece of land on the South Quay for parking by a further two years. The council’s environmental services committee had written to planners objecting to the application, a position supported by council leader David Christian. Mr Christian said the use of brownfield sites for car pa...

News from Douglas Printed and digital download photos available Douglas Council uses its powers ’very effectively’ to tackle the issues of dilapidated properties. Chairman of the environmental services committee Ritchie McNicholl was asked by Councillor Devon Watson whether the council uses its powers sufficiently and if it can do more, by way of penalty fines, to deter neglect. Councillor McNicholl said that the council’s officers are ’fully supported’ by members of his committee and that their experience is ’that the most expedient and effective way to resolve dilapidated pr...