10 July 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner Abigail Morgan
Marine Biological Station, Breakwater Road, Port Erin, Isle Of Man, IM9 6ja
This was an application to provide details satisfying four conditions from a previous approval (20/01467/B) for development at the Marine Biological Station on Breakwater Road, Port Erin. The conditions covered landscaping strategy for public areas (36), maintenance and management (37), green roofs (38) and rooftop gar…
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The officer assessed submitted documents against each condition from prior approval 20/01467/B. For condition 37, the Landscape Maintenance Report satisfied requirements by detailing site maintenance …
Content with details provided to address conditions 36, 37, 38 and 39 via email dated 17 May 2023
Content with hard elements of the green roof via email dated 19 May 2023
DEFA Biodiversity is mostly content with submitted details for landscaping and green roof conditions but requests clarification on herbicide/fertiliser use and re-wilding intentions; Building Control has no issues with the provided drawings.
Key concern: inconsistent references to herbicide and fertiliser use near Marine Nature Reserve
DEFA Biodiversity
Conditional No Objectionherbicide use is not permitted due to proximity of Marine Nature Reserve - which is what we believe was agreed. However, other sections of the schedule talk about application of herbicides, such as on page 14 - HERBICIDE FOR ALL GRASS AREAS etc.; This should also apply to fertilisers for the same reason (potential impact on the MNR).; What do the applicants actually mean by this? This same area is shown on the Landscape Masterplan as a proposed lawn area to be turfed 50% common bent & 50% creeping red fescue mix, so it is not clear what the intention is.
Conditions requested: Sections referring to herbicide application should be changed to confirm no use on site; References to fertiliser use should be removed for same reason as herbicides (potential impact on MNR); Clarification or details on how the western-most grass area is to be re-wilded
Building Control
No ObjectionI have no issues with the information provide in the two drawings as attached and stated below.; Any additional information will be covered in there Building Control submission.
