26 November 2024 · Planning Committee
Field 315139, Laurel Bank, St Johns, Isle Of Man, IM4 3nn
The proposal sought approval for a fifth shipping container and widened walkway (already built retrospectively) alongside removing time-limited conditions from prior approval PA 22/00757/B to keep all five containers, platforms, scaffolding, and spectator seating permanently on site year-round.
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The officer concluded there is no overriding national need for permanent retention of the low-quality shipping containers, timber boardwalks, and spectator stands, which are acceptable only temporaril…
Strategic Policy 1
Requires optimising and making best use of sites taking into account landscaping. Officer found permanent structures fail to make positive contribution, detracting from landscape instead.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Development only allowed in countryside in exceptional circumstances. No overriding national need demonstrated for permanent facilities beyond temporary racing support.
Spatial Policy 5
Development to make positive contribution. Poor visual quality structures negatively detract from Island character.
General Policy 3
Exceptions to countryside development only for overriding national need (g). Permanent siting lacks this justification.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside for its own sake; no development adversely affecting it unless overriding national need. Proposal harms rural glen setting permanently.
Environment Policy 2
Development in AHLV must not harm character/quality or location must be essential. Site in AHLV; structures harm tranquil valley character.
Environment Policy 10
Requires Flood Risk Assessment. Application failed to provide sufficient flood risk information.
Environment Policy 13
Addresses flood risk on or off site. No mitigation measures submitted despite high river flood risk.
Do not oppose - no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
Do not oppose subject to conditions - it's within a flood risk zone and flood mitigation measures should be taken
Highway Services and Flood Risk Management have no objections (with condition from FRM), while German Parish Commissioners maintain their objection to the containers and spectator facilities on site.
Key concern: site is now becoming very unsightly
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking.
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
Conditional No ObjectionDNOC; The site is within a flood risk zone; Flood mitigation measures should taken
Conditions requested: Flood mitigation measures should taken
German Parish Commissioners
ObjectionMy Commissioners maintain their objection to the containers and stands on this site which is now becoming very unsightly, they objected to the initial proposal and were ignored and maintain their objections now
