6 September 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Loughan Cottage, Jurby East, Isle Of Man, IM7 3ha
Loughan Cottage is an existing traditional Manx cottage on a corner plot in the countryside at Jurby East, surrounded by roads and screened by sod banks and landscaping. The proposal involves minor alterations: installing a new window and removing the garage door, with no increase in floor area.
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The officer considered the main issues to be the potential visual impact upon the landscape and the individual dwelling. The site is in the countryside ('white land' per 1982 Development Plan), screen…
Environment Policy 1
Requires protection of the countryside (land outside settlements or not designated for development) from developments that adversely affect it, unless overriding national need. The officer assessed that the minor alterations would not adversely affect the countryside due to no floor area increase, appropriate scale/form, and existing screening, making it difficult to argue harm to landscape character.
Environment Policy 2
Supports EP1 in protecting countryside. Officer concluded overall compliance as proposals do not harm countryside.
Housing Policy 15
Permits extensions or alterations to traditionally styled countryside properties only where they respect the proportion, form, and appearance of the existing property (exceptionally up to 50% floor space increase). The proposals were found appropriate in proportion, scale, and form, with no floor space increase and garage door removal beneficial to the traditional character.
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.
No Highway Interest
Highway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in application 23/00836/B on two separate consultation dates, indicating no highway concerns for the proposed installation of new window and removal of garage door.
Highway Services HDC
No Comment23/00836/B – NHI; Highway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: 23/00836/B – NHI
Highway Services HDC
No Comment23/00836/B – NHI; Highway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: 23/00836/B – NHI
