18 December 2018 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Sarah Corlett)
Ballakeigh Farm, West Kimmeragh Road, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ba
The proposal involves erecting a metal-framed extension measuring 13.7m long x 9.14m wide x 5.2m high to the ridge, clad in concrete panels, tanalised timber Yorkshire boarding, and grey corrugated fibre cement roofing, adjacent to existing farm buildings.
Click a button above to find applications similar to this one.
See how this application compares to similar ones — policies, conditions, and outcomes side by side.
The officer assessed the application against General Policy 3 and Spatial Policy 5, which permit essential agricultural buildings in the countryside, and Environment Policy 15, requiring proof of agri…
General Policy 3
Permits building operations essential for agriculture outside zoned areas. Officer confirmed agricultural need outweighs countryside restrictions based on farm size, livestock details, and persistent housing shortfall even after prior approvals.
Spatial Policy 5
Restricts countryside development except per GP3. Applied alongside GP3 to justify agricultural exemption.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside and ecology unless overriding national need with no alternative. Farm's topography screens buildings from public views, causing no adverse impact.
Environment Policy 2
Prioritises landscape character protection in Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value unless no harm or essential location. Extension blends with existing varied farm buildings and is not visible from highway.
Environment Policy 15
Requires agricultural need test, siting near existing groups, and appropriate scale/design sympathetic to landscape. Siting adjacent to farmstead, proportionate size/form, and materials match surroundings; no residential amenity issues.
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.
Agricultural use only
The building extension hereby approved must be used only for agricultural purposes. Reason: The countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
Bride Parish Commissioners provided two consultation responses for application 18/01180/B, both stating no objections to the extension to an existing agricultural building at Ballakeigh Farm.
Bride Parish Commissioners
No Objection18/01180/B Extension to existing agricultural building Ballakeigh Farm West Kimmeragh Road Bride Isle Of Man IM7 4BA
Bride Parish Commissioners
No Objection18/01180/B Extension to existing agricultural building Ballakeigh Farm West Kimmeragh Road Bride Isle Of Man IM7 4BA. No Objections
