9 March 2026 · Delegated - Principal Planner (A MORGAN, Interim Director of Planning and Building Control)
Kerrowmoar Croft, Kerrowmoar, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 2ax
The proposal involves constructing a new 22.8m x 12m x 6.7m high steel portal frame building clad in green metal sheeting on an existing hard-surfaced farmyard, to serve as a dry grain store, secure chemical store and machinery space.
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The officer determined there is clear agricultural need due to farm expansion from 100 to 140 acres, insufficient storage for grain, hay and machinery, forcing sales at reduced prices from the field, …
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Development permitted in countryside only in exceptional circumstances in General Policy 3. Officer assessed proposal qualifies under exception (f) for essential agricultural buildings.
Spatial Policy 5
Development in countryside only in accordance with General Policy 3. Officer confirmed compliance via agricultural need exception.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect surroundings in siting, scale, design; not harm landscape character; incorporate topography/features; no adverse amenity or highway effects. Officer found proposal complies via screened siting, agricultural scale/form matching existing, adequate access.
General Policy 3
Permits agriculture/forestry essential buildings outside zoned areas. Officer confirmed clear need from farm expansion and storage deficits.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding need. Agricultural need outweighed protection with no adverse effects.
Environment Policy 2
In High Landscape Value areas, landscape character paramount. No harm due to integration with existing farm buildings and screening.
Environment Policy 14
Presumption against permanent loss of Grade 1-2 land unless overriding need and no lower quality alternative. Notional conflict outweighed as yard already developed, no direct farming loss, enables larger area productivity.
Environment Policy 15
New agricultural buildings where need outweighs restraint must be sited near existing groups, sympathetic scale/design. Siting next to existing buildings on higher ground, green metal matching agricultural character, acceptable impact.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Materials approval
All external facing and roofing materials to be used on the building hereby approved shall be as specified on Proposal Drawing, 25 1950 03. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
Agricultural use only
The building hereby approved shall 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.
Removal if no longer agricultural
The agricultural building hereby approved shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition in the event that it is no longer used or required for agricultural purposes. Reason: The building has been exceptionally approved solely to meet agricultural need and its subsequent retention would result in an unwarranted intrusion in the countryside.
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as the existing site access and proposed layout is acceptable for the proposals
No objection unanimous. The Commissioners would like to see a condition of approval that, if in the future the agricultural building is no longer used for agricultural purposes, it must be removed from the site
