16 November 2018 · Planning Committee
Ballacallin Beg Cottage, Foxdale Road, Garth, Crosby, Isle Of Man, IM4 2hn
The proposal involves retaining a traditional two-storey Manx cottage and rebuilding/replacing attached barns and outbuildings to create two separate dwellings: an extended four-bedroom house (Unit 1, 416m²) and a converted two-storey barn (Unit 2, 224m²).
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The proposal does not comply with Housing Policy 11 (HP11) or Housing Policy 15 (HP15) as there are no policies supporting rebuilding of non-residential outbuildings and the house extension exceeds th…
Environment Policy 1
Presumes against development in countryside to protect it for its own sake. Officer acknowledges this but weighs against sustainable reuse of rural buildings.
General Policy 3
Promotes sustainable development and countryside protection; exceptions for conversion of redundant rural buildings of interest. Site on unzoned land but proposal justified despite non-compliance elsewhere.
Housing Policy 11
Permits conversion of redundant rural buildings of architectural/historic interest if structurally sound, with modest extensions, using matching materials, no rebuilding of ruins. Barn meets redundancy and interest criteria; extensions modest but rebuilding of rear barn not strictly compliant—exception made to retain cottage and group character.
Housing Policy 15
Extensions to traditional rural dwellings limited to 50% floorspace increase to respect proportion/form. Proposal exceeds this but approved exceptionally to facilitate cottage retention and group coherence.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
No residential use of fields
No approval is hereby granted to the status of the agricultural/equestrian fields to the north, east and south of the building group as anything other than agricultural/equestrian purposes or open space. Reason: These areas are included within the red line and the site is described as residential in the submitted application form.
Materials approval
Prior to the implementation of the approved scheme, details of all finish materials, including colour, to be used in the approved works must be approved by the Department and the scheme must be undertaken in full compliance with these approved details. Reason: To ensure that the scheme is sympathetic to the rural setting of the site.
no objection
Marown Parish Commissioners expressed no objection to the application in two separate consultation responses. Highways Division deferred their response awaiting further information.
Marown Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have no objection to the following being approved: - 18/00718 - Create two dwellings from house and barn at Ballacallin Beg, Braaid
Marown Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have no objection to the following being approved: - 18/00718 – Create two dwellings from dwelling and barn at Ballacallin Beg Cottage, Foxdale Road, Garth (Amended Plans).
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No CommentHighway Services Comment: Defer - awaiting information; DEFER on 10-8-18; Highways input deferred pending further information/input
