21 January 2011 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Cummal Beg, Barroose Lane, Baldrine, Isle Of Man, IM4 6an
The proposal sought reserved matters approval for the siting, design, external appearance, and access of an agricultural worker's dwelling on a field site in a rural area designated as open space/agricultural and high landscape value under the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan.
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As this was a reserved matters application following approval in principle (09/00973/A), the officer did not re-examine the principle of an agricultural dwelling but confirmed compliance with the six …
Residential Policy 1 of Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005
Restricts residential development to designated areas, with no further dwellings in certain zones like Agneash. Not directly assessed as principle established by prior approval; site in open space/agricultural designation.
Policy L/OSNC/PR/1
Presumption against development in open space areas. Not re-assessed due to prior approval in principle for agricultural exception.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
New development primarily in towns/villages; countryside only in exceptional cases per para 6.3. Exception accepted via prior agricultural approval.
Spatial Policy 5
Development in countryside per General Policy 3 exceptions. Agricultural housing exception applied via prior decision.
General Policy 3
Permits essential agricultural worker housing (Housing Policies 7-10). Principle justified by appeal; reserved matters compliant.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding need; no adverse impact from reserved matters design.
Environment Policy 2
Protects high landscape value areas unless no harm or essential location. Design sympathetic to landscape.
Environment Policy 15
New agricultural buildings/dwellings sited near building groups, appropriate scale/form/materials. Proposal meets via traditional design and siting.
Housing Policy 4
New countryside housing only for essential agricultural workers per HP7-10. Principle established.
Housing Policy 7
New agricultural dwellings only where real need demonstrated. Accepted via appeal.
Housing Policy 8
Occupancy condition restricting to agricultural workers/dependants. Condition imposed.
Housing Policy 9
Siting within/adjoining farm buildings, set back from highway, via farm access. Access per drawing 10 compliant.
Housing Policy 10
Design per Planning Circular 3/91 policies 1-7. Officer concluded 'proposed dwelling is traditional in form and appearance, thereby according with the provisions of the policy.'
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to drawing no. 02 date stamped the 26th October 2010 and drawing no. 10 date stamped the 16th December 2010.
Agricultural occupancy restriction
The dwelling may be occupied only by a person or persons engaged or last engaged solely in agriculture; or a widow or widower of such person; or any resident dependants.
Access and visibility
Prior to the occupation of the dwelling the access arrangements and vehicular visibility must be set out in accordance with drawing no. 10 date stamped the 16th December 2010.
Approved / recommends approval of the planning application
Do not oppose / recommended for Approval following receipt of drawing showing required visibility splay
