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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application No. : 19/01128/B Applicant : Mrs Lynette Byrne Proposal : Installation of a heat pump to replace existing boiler Site Address : Loughen E Yeigh Farm Bayr Ny Hayrey Lezayre Ramsey Isle Of Man IM7 2AU
Principal Planner: Mr Chris Balmer Photo Taken :
Site Visit :
Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 06.12.2019 __
Conditions and Notes for Approval
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions
C 1. 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.
Plans/Drawings/Information;
This approval relates to the submitted documents and drawing all received on 8th October 2019. __
Interested Person Status - Additional Persons
None __
Officer’s Report
1.0 SITE 1.1 The application site comprises the residential curtilage of a detached property, known as Loughen E Yeigh Farm, which is located on the northern side of Sulby River to the west of Garey Ford in Lezayre.
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2.0 PLANNING POLICIES 2.1 The application site is within an area recognised as being an area of 'white land' not zoned for development, under the Isle of Man Development Plan Order 1982.
2.2 Due to the zoning of the site and the proposed works the following policies are relevant in the determination of the application:-
2.3 Environment Policy 1 states: "The countryside and its ecology will be protected for its own sake. For the purposes of this policy, the countryside comprises all land which is outside the settlements defined in Appendix 3 at A.3.6 or which is not designated for future development on an Area Plan. Development which would adversely affect the countryside will not be permitted unless there is an over-riding national need in land use planning terms which outweighs the requirement to protect these areas and for which there is no reasonable and acceptable alternative."
2.4 Environment Policy 22 states : "Development will not be permitted where it would unacceptably harm the environment and/or the amenity of nearby properties in terms of: i) pollution of sea, surface water or groundwater; ii) emissions of airborne pollutants; and iii) vibration, odour, noise or light pollution."
2.5 Housing Policy 16 states: "The extension of non-traditional dwellings or those of poor or inappropriate form will not generally be permitted where this would increase the impact of the building as viewed by the public."
3.0 PLANNING HISTORY 3.1 There are no previous planning applications associated with the property which are considered relevant in the assessment and determination of this application.
4.0 PROPOSAL 4.1 The application seeks approval for the installation of a heat pumps to replace existing boiler to the north elevation of the existing dwelling (rear).
5.0 REPRESENTATIONS 5.1 Highway Services comment there are no highway implications (30.10.2019).
5.2 Lezayre Parish Commissioners do not object (08.11.2019).
6.0 ASSESSMENT 6.1 The principal issues relate to the potential impact upon neighbouring amenities (noise) by the development and the potential visual impacts upon the amenities of the countryside.
6.2 The units would be located to the rear of the dwelling and would be over 80m from the closest residential property, with a large barn and landscaping in between. Accordingly, it is highly likely the proposal would have little to no impact to neighbouring amenities and the property most likely to be affected by any noise issue from the heat pump is the applicant's own dwelling. Accordingly, it is in their own interest to ensure the unit does not result in significant noise issues and it is maintained.
6.3 Overall, given the siting of the unit, distance from neighbouring properties, existing landscaping and built development in between the units and neighbouring property; it is considered to be an appropriate form of development which would have no significant impacts upon the amenities of the occupants of the neighbouring properties.
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6.3 In relation to the potential visual impact upon the countryside, the proposal would not be apparent from the adjacent highway, given its location to the rear of the dwelling and distance to nearest public highway.
7.0 CONCLUSION 7.1 Overall, it is considered that the overall level of development contained within the proposal is relatively modest and in keeping with the character of the dwelling, with suitably limited impact on the neighbouring properties. As such the proposal does not adversely affect public or private amenity and is therefore in accordance with the relevant IOM Strategic Plan polices and therefore recommended for an approval.
8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 (Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons: (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent; (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested; (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.
8.2 The decision-maker must determine: o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and o whether there are other persons to those listed in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status. __
I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.
Decision Made : Permitted
Date: 09.12.2019
Determining officer
Signed : S CORLETT Sarah Corlett
Principal Planner
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