Landslip on Promenade is Being Dealt With as a ‘Priority’

The landslip on Laxey promenade is being dealt with as a matter of priority.

It happened at the former End Cafe site, which prompted concern from Garff Commissioners. The authority wanted to see fast action taken and contacted government departments, including the Health and Safety Inspectorate, the Planning and Building Control Directorate, and the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture’s Environmental Health team.

A spokesperson from the commissioners said: ‘We have sent an email to the director of highways to flag our concerns regarding Old Laxey Hill and the highway above where the land is slipping away.

‘We’ve asked them if they could get a suitable person to carry out an assessment of the landslide and whether or not it is a danger to the highway above.’

DEFA said that the Planning and Building Control sections have both been contacted about the situation and ‘are looking into it as a priority’.

Landslips have happened in the same spot previously.

In 2018, a report on a planning application for the site noted there had been four landslips within 30 metres of the site, as well as other landslips on cliffs in the vicinity of Laxey.