30 June 2017 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer Sarah Corlett
Ballacoar Farm, Ballagawne Road, Baldrine, Isle Of Man, IM4 6ej
The site is a 211-hectare working farm with significant livestock including 350 ewes and various beef cattle. The proposal replaces an existing brick barn with a new 27m x 21m building with a 6.8m ridge height, using pre-cast concrete panels, sheeted gates, feeder barriers, and tanalised Yorkshire boarding, sited adjac…
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 3(f), which permits agricultural buildings essential for agriculture outside zoned areas, and Environment Policy 15, requiring proof of agricul…
General Policy 3
Permits development outside zoned areas for essential agricultural buildings under paragraph (f). The officer confirmed the proposal qualifies as it meets the agricultural exception, with demonstrated need outweighing general countryside protection.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside ecology unless overriding national need with no alternative. Proposal accepted as agricultural need justified it, with no adverse impact due to integration with farmstead.
Environment Policy 2
Prioritises landscape character in Areas of High Landscape Value. Building's siting, scale, and materials ensure no harm to character, sited close to existing groups.
Environment Policy 15
Requires agricultural need, siting near building groups, and appropriate scale/form/materials. Officer satisfied with need evidence, proximity to farmstead, and sympathetic design; no residential impacts noted.
Spatial Policy 5
Limits countryside development per General Policy 3. Proposal complies via agricultural exception.
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.
Materials - wall sheeting colour
The external wall sheeting must match the colour of adjacent sheeted buildings or be a dark brown or dark green colour, or as otherwise approved in writing by the Department. Reason: in the interests of the visual character of the area.
no objections
no Highways involvement in the proposal
Garff Commissioners raised no objections to the erection of an agricultural building at Ballacoar Farm. Highways Division has no highways interest.
Garff Commissioners
No ObjectionNo objections were raised by Members.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 19.06.2017
