6 March 2012 · Planning Committee
Close Leece Farm, Patrick Road, St. Johns, Isle Of Man, IM4 3br
The proposal seeks to retain a recently formed construction access as the permanent access to a new replacement dwelling and surrounding agricultural land at Close Leece Farm, involving a change of use for the access land to shared residential and agricultural purposes.
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The officer noted the proposal amends the access approved under PA 10/00208/B, which would have been steep requiring extensive cut and fill, by instead following the existing historic agricultural acc…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside and ecology outside settlements unless overriding national need and no alternative. Officer assessed the access amendment and land use change as not adversely affecting the countryside, with benefits like tree retention outweighing any encroachment.
Environment Policy 2
Protects character of Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value (AHLV) unless no harm or essential location. Site in AHLV per 1982 Plan; officer found proposal would not harm landscape character due to tree retention, screening, and agricultural benefits, with curtilage reduction compensating extension.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the alterations and conversion of existing site access to permanent access for residential dwelling and change of use of land associated with the access from agricultural to joint agricultural and residential as shown in drawings PA 100A, PA 101, PA 102A, PA 103, PA 104 and Planning Statement received 9th January 2012.
Previous access not approved
For the avoidance of doubt the previously approved access shown on drawing PA 102A indicated with red hatching is not granted any planning approval under this application.
Recommend approval subject to the imposition of condition regarding works within the highway.
no comment would be made on the current application.
