21 November 2023 · Planning Committee
Bretney Infill Housing Development Temp Site Supply, The Bretney, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3be
The proposal involves constructing a partially buried reinforced concrete service reservoir (22.5m x 15.5m footprint, 350m² area, 3m above ground level with grass finish), integral booster pump station, access road, bitmac hardstanding, lockable kiosk, soakaway, 1.8m green welded mesh security fencing, and landscaping …
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The officer noted the proposal does not comply with existing 'Airfield' zoning from the 1982 plan or detailed exceptions in the Strategic Plan, but concluded this was not sufficient grounds for refusa…
Strategic Policy 1
Supports infrastructure for growth; officer weighed need against zoning non-compliance but found overriding local need justifies departure.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Relevant to Jurby as service village; proposal supports growth but design tested for integration into settlement character via landscaping.
Spatial Policy 5
Requires sympathetic design; low-profile reservoir with grass finish and planting deemed to integrate with surroundings.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Encourages growth in Jurby; infrastructure need aligns despite zoning issues.
General Policy 3
Tests for overriding need and no alternatives applied; local infrastructure need accepted though not fully meeting PDL criteria.
Environment Policy 4
Requires protection; conditions ensure grassland translocation, lizard RAMs, and management.
Environment Policy 10
Mitigation per FRA required by condition; DOI no objection.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Security fencing details
Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved details of the security fencing shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. No fencing/walling/gates shall be erected at the site other than in accordance with the approved details.
Landscaping scheme
Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved full details of soft and hard landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and these works shall be carried out as approved. Details of the soft landscaping works include details of grassed areas and new planting showing, type, size and position of each. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping must be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwelling, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. The hard landscaping works shall be completed in full accordance with the approved details prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted. No excavation works or changes to site levels shall be carried out other than in accordance with the approved details.
Ecological management plans
Prior to the commencement of development the following details shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and the development shall not take place unless in accordance with those details: a species-rich grassland translocation/re-use plan...; a species-rich grassland management plan...; and a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) setting out Reasonable Avoidance Measures (RAMs) for common lizards...
Flood risk mitigation
The development hereby approved shall not be bought into use unless the mitigation measures are provided as set out in Section 5.3 of the Flood Risk Assessment by Aecom dated 15 September 2022 and retained as such thereafter.
no objection and seek no conditions
no objection and seek no conditions
no objection subject to conditions relating to site grassland translocation and management, protection of lizards and landscaping
no objection and indicated a tree protection plan is not necessary
made comments (no details of objection or support)
Highway Services, DEFA Biodiversity, Arboricultural Officer, DOI Flood Risk Management, and Cabinet Office raised no objections to application 23/00988/B, with DEFA Biodiversity requesting specific ecological conditions; one public objection from Isle of Man Motor Museum on land use and location grounds.
Key concern: incorrect site address and inappropriate industrial development in Jurby settlement land reserved for residential, retail, community purposes
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC still finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.
DEFA Ecosystem Policy Team
Conditional No ObjectionThe Ecosystem Policy Team have no objection to this application, as long as a number of conditions are secured on approval to avoid and mitigate any ecological impacts.
Conditions requested: No works, including site clearance, to take place unless a species-rich grassland translocation/re-use plan, written by a suitably qualified ecological consultancy, containing a methodology for the removal and re-use of the species-rich grassland turfs, has been submitted to Planning and approved in writing.; No works, including site clearance, to take place unless a species-rich grassland management plan written by suitably qualified ecological consultancy, detailing how the reservoir area is to be managed going forward for the benefit of its floral interest, has been submitted to Planning and approved in writing.; No works, including site clearance, to take place unless a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) containing Reasonable Avoidance Measures (RAMs) for common lizards written by a suitably qualified ecological consultancy, which details the measures that are to be put in place to protect the surrounding habitats from damage during construction and to ensure that lizards and breeding birds are not harmed by construction activities, has been submitted to Planning and approved in writing.; No works, including site clearance, to take place unless a soft landscaping plan, written by a suitably qualified ecological consultancy has been submitted to Planning and approved in writing.
Arboricultural Officer
No ObjectionCharles has provided pre-app advice for this one, he did not have any objections and did not think a protection plan was entirely necessary at this site.
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
No ObjectionDNO
Cabinet Office
No CommentI can confirm that the application site you are looking at falls within the area defined in the plan process as JR011.; The site assessment prepared for JR011 was for a much larger area. The Report recognised that JR0011 was previously developed in part, noting that the site contained remnants of the military parade ground.; It seems reasonable to conclude however that the south eastern part of JR011 is more obviously the previously developed element and I note that the application you are currently assessing falls within this area.
Isle of Man Motor Museum
ObjectionI object to the above planning application for the following reasons
