16 May 2024 · Acting Head of Development Management (Abigail Morgan)
Long Close, Glen Chass Road, Glen Chass, Port St. Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5pn
The proposal involves building a small detached garden/craft room, measuring 6m wide by 3.6m deep and 2.4-2.7m high, finished in composite cladding, GRP roof, and uPVC windows/doors, located in the sizeable rear garden of the 1.5-storey dwelling 'Long Close'.
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The officer started with the site's designation as unzoned land under General Policy 3, creating a presumption against development, but found the garden/craft room acceptable as a modest ancillary str…
General Policy 2
Requires consideration of general development control principles including amenity (GP2(g)), design, scale, and siting. Officer applied GP2(a-n) to unzoned land, finding the modest proposal compliant with no adverse impacts on amenity, countryside, or setting.
General Policy 3
Applies presumption against development on unzoned land, with specific criteria (a-h) for exceptions. Proposal does not fit criteria but accepted due to reasonable scale/siting within residential curtilage and lack of harm.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside character. Low height, screened siting, and domestic scale ensure no adverse visual impact on rural setting or landscaping.
Time limit
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Incidental use only
The garden/craft room building hereby approved shall only be used in association with the main dwelling house "Long Close" and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house "Long Close" as a single dwelling, and for no commercial purposes. Reason: To ensure that the proposal remains available to meet the identified need in association with the main dwelling as has been proposed.
no objection
no highways interest
Highway Services HDC has no interest in the application as it has no highway impacts, while Arbory and Rushen Parish Commissioners supported the application.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: ... 24/00403/B
Arbory and Rushen Parish Commissioners
SupportThe following applications were supported. ... d) 24/00403/B Long Close, Glen Chass Road. Erection of a detached garden / craft room.
