Decision Notice

AJF Design 7 Killeaba Mount Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 2JG

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to REFUSE an application by Mr William McCracken, Ref 16/00691/B, for the Extension to existing dwelling. at Bungalow Ballamenagh Moar Farm Ballamenagh Road Baldrine Isle Of Man IM4 6AJ for the following reason(s):

• 1. Notwithstanding the sympathy for the applicant's personal circumstances, the application fails to clearly demonstrate an agricultural or other justification for a new dwelling in this location and, as such, proposes unwarranted development in the countryside where access to public transport is limited. The application remains fundamentally contrary to Strategic Policy 2, to parts (a), (b) and (d) of Strategic Policy 10, to General Policy 3, to Environment Policy 1 and to Housing Policy 4 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, which collectively seek to promote sustainable patterns of development and to protect the Manx countryside for its own sake.
• 2. By virtue of is massing, scale and position forward of the existing building line, the built fabric proposed would be harmful to the character and appearance of the dwelling to which it is proposed to be attached and the countryside in which it sits. Accordingly, the application is contrary to Housing Policy 16, to parts (b), (c) and (g) of General Policy 2, and to Environment Policy 2, of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.
• 3. The extension of the residential curtilage proposed is not necessary and nor would it have an acceptable impact on the character and appearance of the countryside, which is to be protected for its own sake. In the absence of a clearly defined and essential need for this extension of residential curtilage, this element of the application is contrary to General Policy 3 and to Environment Policies 1 and 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016.

Date of Issue: 27th October 2016

Interim Director of Planning and Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by a Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority delegated to them in the name of the Minister and/or in the name and on behalf of the Department.

This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013.

Whilst a copy of the Officer’s report is included alongside this notice, any wider correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is now available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

https://www.gov.im/planningapplication/services/planning/search.iom

Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument.

Specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain:

•  Payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the Town and Country Planning (Application and Appeal Fees) (No2) Order 2015 (currently £170);
•  The reasons for making the appeal; and
•  An election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation.

An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website https://www.gov.im/categories/planning-and-building-control/planningapplications/planning-appeals/how-to-appeal/

If no appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House.

PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice.