6 May 2020 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Sarah Corlett)
Field 425031, Ronague Road, Ronague, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 4hg
The proposal was for a new agricultural shed measuring 10m long by 5m wide, 2.4m to eaves and 3.2m to ridge, located along the northern boundary of a 3-acre field near the highway access, constructed from blockwork, timber, sheet metal on a concrete base, for storing equipment supporting plant raising, beekeeping, and …
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The officer emphasized that Strategic Plan policies support agricultural development only where sufficient need is demonstrated to outweigh countryside protection under Environment Policy 1, which pro…
General Policy 3
Requires development outside zoned areas only for essential agricultural buildings (f). Officer assessed the proposal lacked sufficient justification of need proportionate to the unestablished small-scale operation, failing the essentiality test for this 50m² permanent structure in open countryside.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside for its own sake unless overriding national need outweighs protection with no reasonable alternative. No such overriding need demonstrated for this isolated site near highway; some tree planting noted but inadequate evidence of current agricultural activities to justify development.
Environment Policy 15
Requires proven agricultural need outweighing general countryside restrictions, siting near building groups, appropriate scale/design, and landscaping if near highways. Site is isolated (not near groups), building close to highway without exceptional circumstances or landscaping; need not satisfied.
Environment Policy 17
Controls nursery/market garden buildings to ensure scale/design in keeping, no amenity/highway impact, screened from highways. Relevant to horticultural elements but primary failure on need under other policies prevented full assessment.
No highways interest
Arbory Parish Commissioners objected to the application due to insufficient justification of agricultural need and lack of information on land acreage; Highways Division reported no highways interest.
Key concern: lack of independent verification of agricultural need
Arbory Parish Commissioners
Objectionneither application appeared to give sufficient justification to warrant their approval; the Commissioners felt unable to assess either proposal with any certainty and so could not support them; The Commissioners would expect to see much more information regarding the agricultural justification for these applications before they could be properly considered
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI
