20 March 2012 · Planning Committee
Swallow Beg, Bayrauyr Road, St. Marks, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 3at
The proposal was for a new agricultural barn measuring 18.3m wide, 9.1m deep and 4.8m high, sited 4.5m from an existing approved barn, to store and season wood chip grown on the 60-acre farm holding for use as biomass fuel in a farm boiler.
Click a button above to find applications similar to this one.
See how this application compares to similar ones — policies, conditions, and outcomes side by side.
The Planning Authority was not persuaded there was sufficient agricultural justification to outweigh the presumption against development outside zoned areas, per General Policy 3 (exception F for buil…
General Policy 3
Prohibits development outside zoned areas except essential agricultural buildings (exception F). Officer found proposal failed as not essential; existing barn adequate and no proven/imminent need.
Environment Policy 15
Requires proven agricultural need outweighing countryside presumption, sited near building groups, sympathetic scale/design. Need not satisfied due to unregistered business, available existing barn, future wood planting; siting/design acceptable but need test failed.
No opposition; no adverse traffic management, parking or road safety implications
