12 July 2017 · Planning Committee
Croit Aust, Andreas Road, Aust, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ef
The proposal was for a portal frame steel agricultural barn on Field 134041, a flat Z-shaped agricultural parcel south of Andreas Road (A9), owned by the applicants who also own the nearby dwelling Croit Aust.
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The officer report concluded the proposal complied with General Policy 3(f) as essential for agriculture and Environment Policy 15, finding the size (6m x 10m footprint) appropriate for listed equipme…
General Policy 3
Prohibits development outside zoned areas except for essential agricultural/forestry buildings (para f). Officer found proposal fell within exception as justified for smallholding machinery and produce storage; Committee disagreed, finding size/height not justified by holding scale, failing the policy test.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from adverse development unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer noted site in unprotected countryside but agricultural exception applied; not central to refusal.
Environment Policy 15
Requires proven agricultural need outweighing countryside policy, siting near building groups, appropriate scale/form, landscaping if near highways. Officer satisfied need for listed equipment on 0.8 acre site, acceptable scale (small barn), visual impact mitigated by landscaping/70m neighbour distance/green finishes despite highway proximity; Committee found size/height unjustified for holding.
no objection
Lezayre Parish Commissioners objected unanimously across three consultations to the agricultural storage shed as too large, too tall, and oversized for the land worked, despite amendments; DOI Highways had no highways interest.
Key concern: storage shed is too large and too tall, oversized for the amount of land being worked
Lezayre Parish Commissioners
ObjectionRefused Unanimous - The Commissioners feel that the storage shed is too large and the applicant has not sufficiently explained the need.
Lezayre Parish Commissioners
ObjectionRefused Unanimous. They still feel that the building is too large at just under half the footprint of the proposed house in the adjacent plot. It is also very high.
Conditions requested: if the business ceases the building is removed; This approval is for a temporary period of five years from the date of this decision, after which the shed hereby approved shall be removed from the site and the ground restored to its former condition. Reason: The viability of the proposed agricultural use of this land is uncertain.
Lezayre Parish Commissioners
ObjectionRefused Unanimous. Although the appellant has reduced the height of the shed slightly, the Commissioners still feel that this storage shed is too large and too tall. Oversized for the amount of land being worked.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 24/02/17
