20 August 2024 · Planning Committee (signed by J Chance, Director of Planning and Building Control)
Field 124768, Lane From Jurby Road To Farrants Fort, St Judes, Isle Of Man, IM7 2en
The proposal involves the retrospective installation of 54 solar PV panels in Field 124768, northeast of the existing farmhouse and barns at Farrant's Fort, a traditional Manx-style dwelling in open countryside.
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The Department supports renewable energy proposals but balances them against countryside protection under Environment Policy 1, which prohibits development adversely affecting the countryside unless o…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from adverse development unless overridden by national need. Officer assessed panels cause no visual harm due to screening by mature hedgerows/trees, distance from roads, and boundary siting, preserving countryside character.
Environment Policy 14
Prohibits loss of versatile agricultural land (Classes 1-2) unless overriding need and lower quality land unavailable. Field is Class 2/3; panels do not sterilise land as raised design permits grazing/sheep, with inconsequential impact on hay/vegetable use.
Strategic Policy 1
Requires efficient resource use including existing infrastructure. Noted in material policies but not specifically tested; renewable energy aligns with optimising resources.
General Policy 3
Restricts countryside development except for agriculture/forestry or environmental improvements. Renewable energy installation deemed acceptable in agricultural field without landscape harm.
Energy Policy 4
Judges alternative energy like solar against environmental policies; no EIA required as solar panels not listed in Appendix 5 and scale not significant on non-sensitive site.
Environment Policy 22
Prohibits unacceptable harm from pollution, emissions, noise etc. No such impacts identified from panels.
No residential curtilage extension
For the avoidance of doubt no planning approval is hereby given for the extension of the residential curtilage into Field Nr 124768. Reason: No permission is sought for any extension to the residential curtilage of Farrant's Fort and as such has not been considered as part of the planning application.
Removal if unused
The 54 ground-mounted photo-voltaic panels hereby approved shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition in the event that it is no longer used for a period greater than 18months or no longer require for the production of electricity. Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the countryside setting and to avoid unnecessary built development in the countryside.
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
Highway Services HDC reviewed the application and amended plans, finding no significant negative impact on highway safety, network functionality or parking, and issued no objections.
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.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC have reviewed the updated information for planning application 24/00710/B dated 8 Jul 2024 online and have no further comments to make.
