6 January 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
Agricultural Building, Moaney Woods Farm, Lonan Church Road, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7jx
The proposal involves installing two solar panels, each 1210mm by 2270mm, at a 30-degree pitch facing south-south-east on a flat fibreglass roof of the farmhouse. The site is a detached dwelling in rural countryside surrounded by agricultural land and trees, accessed via a public right-of-way.
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The officer found the solar panels would have little visual impact due to screening by dense coniferous trees to the south and south-east, and deciduous trees to the north-west and north-east, which f…
Environment Policy 1
Requires protection of countryside outside settlements from developments adversely affecting it unless overriding national need. Officer assessed panels cause no significant visual harm due to screening and distance, complying with policy essence.
Housing Policy 16
Non-traditional extensions not permitted if increasing public visual impact. Flat roof panels do not increase impact on public views, screened from key vantage points.
Energy Policy 4
Alternative energy developments like solar panels judged against environmental policies. Proposal balances low visual impact with sustainable energy provision.
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 the erection of 2 no. solar panels as shown in drawing reference 11087801 received on 24 November 2011.
recommend that the application be approved
expressed an interest in the application
Lonan Parish Commissioners recommended approval of the solar panels installation, while Ian and Elizabeth Bleasdale objected citing an existing unauthorised flat-roofed structure ruining the cottage.
Key concern: awful, flat-roofed structure ruining the already severely extended cottage
Lonan Parish Commissioners
Supportthe Board recommends approval of the above Planning Application. This is subject to the approval of the Planning Committee of the Department of Infrastructure.
Ian K Bleasdale and Elizabeth Bleasdale
ObjectionHow did this awful, flat-roofed structure manage to get Planning Permission?; The Drawings are somewhat vague but it does appear to be ruining this, already severally extended, cottage.; It is not even clear whether this application is intended to cover the erection of this extension as well? If not, why is no Previous Application listed?
