29 March 2016 · Senior Planning Officer (Sarah Corlett)
Trollaby Farm, Trollaby Lane, Union Mills, Isle Of Man, IM4 4aw
Lee Cain applied to build a cattle shed measuring 24m by 9m, with a 4m ridge height and 3.5m eaves height, finished in Yorkshire boarding, concrete walling, and green roof sheeting, on the northwestern edge of existing farm buildings at Trollaby Farm.
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The key assessment was whether the building is essential for agriculture and if its size, mass, material, and siting are acceptable.
General Policy 3
Presumes against development on unzoned 'white land', especially in high landscape value areas, but allows exception for proven agricultural need. Officer assessed agricultural justification as sufficient given farm's active use and cattle welfare needs.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from inappropriate development. Exception applied due to agricultural need, with proposal located near existing cluster.
Environment Policy 2
Protects areas of high landscape value. Officer found minimal visual harm as building blends with existing cluster using traditional materials and siting.
Environment Policy 15
Requires consideration of size, mass, materials, siting relative to highway safety, with care in high landscape value areas; prefers siting near existing clusters. Proposal tested acceptable for matching scale/mass/finishes of neighbours, no highway issues, and reinforcing cluster.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Agricultural use only
The building must be used only for agricultural purposes. REASON: the countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
no objection
no highway implications
Marown Parish Commissioners have no objection to the agricultural building at Trollaby Farm. DOI Highways Division has no highways interest.
Marown Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have no objection to the following being approved: - 16/00116 - Agricultural Building at Trollaby Farm, Trollaby Lane, Union Mills
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 24-02-2016
