2 December 2020 · Planning Committee (presenting officer: Principal Planner Mr Chris Balmer)
Field 211090, Lane From Sandygate Road To Upper Ballacryre, Sandygate, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 3bs
The proposal sought approval for two existing timber-framed sheds on concrete bases in the north-eastern corner of a 0.8-acre field section: a tractor shed (2.4m x 3.7m) and an L-shaped workshop/feed/tool store (4m x 3m and 2m x 3.6m), claimed for storing tractor, pig/poultry feed, tools amid small-scale farming (6 pig…
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The officer assessed that the site lies in unzoned countryside requiring strict justification under Spatial Policy 5 and General Policy 3(f) for essential agricultural operations, but found insufficie…
Spatial Policy 5
Requires new development in defined settlements; countryside exceptions only per General Policy 3. Officer found site in unzoned white land/open space, failing countryside test without proven agricultural exception.
General Policy 3
Permits agriculture-essential buildings outside zoned areas under (f). Officer ruled sheds not essential, causing visual harm to countryside character, with prior appeals confirming non-compliance.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer determined no such need, adverse impact from sheds outweighs small-scale farming benefits.
Environment Policy 15
Requires proven agricultural need outweighing countryside harm, sited near buildings, sympathetic scale/materials/siting/form. Officer found need unproven, design domestic (not agricultural), materials varied/unsympathetic, exposed corner siting harmful.
do not object
Jurby Parish Commissioners objected due to insufficient details and lack of demonstrated agricultural need, while DOI Highways Division did not oppose; two interested parties also objected on grounds of non-compliance with prior refusals, inadequate details, and amenity impacts.
Key concern: insufficient detail of the dimensions, footprints, height and likely appearance of the proposed sheds
Jurby Parish Commissioners
ObjectionJurby Parish Commissioners cannot support this application as there is insufficient detail of the dimensions, footprints, height and likely appearance of the proposed sheds.; It was noted that no agricultural need was demonstrated to justify all the buildings in the information supplied.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose; DNO on 13.11.2020
Ballacrye Farm Sandygate
ObjectionWe object to the application on the following grounds:; The proposed intensive poultry rearing and pig breeding in this small field is not appropriate to its location close to three residential properties.
