4 September 2024 · Planning Committee
Field 614954, Postal Locality, Agneash, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7nw
The Ballannette Trust sought permission to retain three vehicular accesses into agricultural fields 610513, 614147, and 614954, which were created without permission to support nature walks on the land. The accesses open onto a narrow, single-track, winding road with hairpin bends serving the village of Agneash.
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The officer assessed the retrospective works to reinstate/create three field accesses onto a narrow, single-track road and found them unacceptable, particularly Accesses 2 and 3, due to insufficient v…
Transport Policy 4
Requires highway safety compliance. Failed due to inadequate visibility and no bound surface, risking debris on road used by cyclists/motorcyclists.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from unwarranted development. Visual impact acceptable with natural regrowth and Manx stone.
Support due to public amenity benefits for visitors to Laxey from nature walks, notwithstanding highway concerns.
Full support; accesses pre-existing and used personally; benefits passing places on single-track road and nature walks for public.
DOI Highways objects to the application due to inadequate visibility splays and intensification of use from parking areas at two accesses, while multiple Agneash residents raise strong safety, environmental, and procedural concerns but are generally supportive of a nature reserve if accessed safely.
Key concern: Inadequate visibility splays and intensification of use from parking areas leading to highway safety risks on blind bends
Highway Services
ObjectionHighways would be in objection to this access being allowed to operate as constructed.; The accesses have changed from field accesses to be used occasionally by agricultural vehicles, to recreational accesses that can be used by any personal vehicle.
Conditions requested: First 6m back from highway edge formed of bound and consolidated surface to prevent loose material on highway
