21 December 2020 · Delegated - Principal Planner Chris Balmer
Ballacaroon, Mount Rule, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4hw
The proposal involves erecting a detached single storey building measuring 10.6m long by 5.2m wide with a mono-pitched roof, finished in blockwork with stone black slate cladding, fibre glass roof mimicking zinc, and dark grey windows/doors to match the existing dwelling.
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The officer assessed the principle of development in unzoned countryside land under Spatial Policy 5, which directs new development to settlements and permits countryside development only per General …
Spatial Policy 5
Requires new development in defined settlements, with countryside development only per General Policy 3. Officer applied this to note the site is unzoned countryside but justified the ancillary garden building as compliant via EP1/2 tests.
General Policy 3
Applicable to countryside development outside settlements. Officer noted it applies but deferred to EP1/2 principles for this residential curtilage outbuilding.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside outside settlements from adverse development unless overriding need outweighs protection. Officer found the proposal justified as it has neutral visual impact, matches dwelling materials, and is screened, with no adverse countryside effects.
Environment Policy 2
Protects countryside character and ecology. Officer assessed visual impact as appropriate, replicating a garden shed, read in context with the dwelling and screened from highway.
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.
Ancillary use only
The building hereby approved shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes incidental to the residential use of the dwelling at Ballacaroon, Mount Rule, Braddan as identified on the approved drawings, and shall not be occupied as an independent dwelling unit. Reason: To ensure proper control of the development and to avoid any future undesirable fragmentation of the curtilage.
do not object
no objection
Braddan Parish Commissioners had no objection to application PA20/01203/B for the erection of a single storey home gym/yoga studio and garden store.
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners met on 26 November 2020 and I can advise that they had no objection to the following planning applications:- PA20/01203/B – Erection of single storey home gym/yoga studio & garden store – Ballacaroon, West Baldwin Road, Mount Rule, Braddan, IM4 4HW
