12 October 2018 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Ballasalla Farm House, Coast Road, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3as
The application sought permission to erect a dark green, Plastisol-coated, portal-framed industrial building measuring 465m², 6.6m to ridge and 4.9m to eaves, adjacent to an existing similar unit at Ballasalla Farm on Coast Road, Jurby.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 3, which restricts countryside development to exceptions including buildings essential for agriculture.
General Policy 3
Restricts development in open countryside to specific exceptions, including buildings essential for agriculture. Officer tested if agricultural need outweighed general policy against countryside development; found inadequate justification as site showed civil engineering dominance, not viable agriculture.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside and ecology unless overriding national need with no alternative. Noted but not fully tested as principle under GP3 failed.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value (AHLV); development permitted if no harm to landscape character or location essential. Proposal would harm character due to scale and siting blocking sea views against flat horizon.
Environment Policy 15
Permits agricultural buildings if need outweighs countryside policy, sited near building groups, appropriate scale/form, sympathetic to landscape. Assessed despite GP3 failure; building not sympathetically sited/scale, would harm landscape, not exceptional.
no highways interest
Jurby Parish Commissioners opposed the proposal due to doubts over agricultural use, while Highways Division stated no highways interest.
Key concern: doubts over agricultural use as applicant does not own/occupy agricultural land
Jurby Parish Commissioners
ObjectionJurby Parish Commissioners have now considered the above proposed development, and are opposed to the proposal; they consider it will not be used as indicated because the Commissioners are not aware that the applicant owns or occupies any agricultural land, and therefore the building is more likely to be used in which to store construction plant and similar machinery
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 21-6-18; Highway Services Comment made: No Highways Interest
