24 April 2023 · Planning Committee
Ashdowne House, Ballavale Road, Santon, Isle Of Man, IM4 1eh
MDL applied to erect a further rooftop pavilion on Ashdowne House, a large contemporary detached house under construction in the countryside at Ballavale Road, Santon. The extension matches an existing pavilion, with a footprint of 7m x 4m and 2.3m high, finished in copper tile canopy, flat green roof, Hinoki timber fr…
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The site is in open countryside outside settlement boundaries, where development is strictly controlled under Strategic Policy 2 and General Policy 3, but Housing Policy 16 permits extensions to non-t…
Environment Policy 1
Protects the countryside for its own sake. The officer assessed the pavilion as not harming rural character or visual quality in this Area of High Landscape Value, due to high-quality design, materials, and subordination, integrating sensitively without adverse impact.
Environment Policy 2
Protects the character of Areas of High Landscape Value. The proposal was found compliant as it preserves landscape character through scale, positioning, and finishes that do not detract from open views or rural setting in D13 Incised Inland Slopes.
Housing Policy 16
Permits extensions to non-traditional countryside dwellings if high quality and not increasing visual impact from public views. Tested against the pavilion's design, which matches existing, provides symmetry, and does not exacerbate the building's prominence; precedent from 2018 approval confirmed acceptability.
General Policy 2
General Development Considerations, including design. The extension's appearance was deemed appropriate to the roofscape, complementary, and positive contribution per Strategic Policy 5.
General Policy 3
Exceptions to development in countryside. Site outside settlements, but exception via HP16 justified; higher design standards applied and met through integration measures.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Highway Services HDC has no interest (NHI)
Highway Services HDC states they have no interest (NHI) in application 23/00244/B as part of a batch consultation response dated 17 March 2023.
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