21 August 2024 · Acting Head of Development Management (Abigail Morgan)
Claddagh Farm, Sulby Bridge, Sulby, Isle Of Man, IM7 2ez
The proposal involves extending an existing stable building at Claddagh Farm to create a hay store and erecting a new detached single-storey building to provide three additional stables and an implement store, using local stone walls, slate roof, and timber doors.
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The officer concluded that the proposal would not have significant adverse impacts on amenities or harm the character and appearance of the site or surrounding area, complying with Isle of Man Strateg…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside and ecology outside settlements; development not permitted unless overriding national need and no alternative. Officer assessed the modest-scale equestrian extension adjacent to existing buildings as not adversely affecting the countryside.
Environment Policy 2
Protects character of Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value unless no harm or essential location. Proposal's siting, screened by topography and buildings, scale, design, and materials ensured no harm to landscape character.
Environment Policy 21
Permits animal stabling buildings in countryside if not detrimental to character in siting, design, size, or finish, using purpose-specific form and materials. New buildings' design reflects equestrian purpose with local stone, slate, and no cavity-wall construction, assimilating into rural setting.
Environment Policy 10
Requires flood risk assessment and mitigation where potential flooding risk. High flood risk site accepted with condition for equestrian use only, as per DOI Flood Risk Management, and surface water to soakaway.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun either before the expiration of four years from the date of this approval or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters. Reason: To comply with article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019
Equestrian use only
The building must be used only for equestrian purposes. Reason: To ensure that the use of the building is compatible with the high flood risk area.
Approve of the proposals
No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as the proposals are a relatively small increase in operation, providing the proposals are for private use only
No objection subject to condition restricting use to livestock and storage only
Highway Services, Flood Risk Management, and Lezayre Parish Commissioners all raised no objections to application 24/00732/B, with Flood Risk Management requiring a condition restricting use to livestock and storage only.
Key concern: Site located in fluvial flood zone
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 as the proposals are a relatively small increase in operation, providing the proposals are for private use only i.e. not public or commercial use, due to the single track nature of the access and driveway.
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
Conditional No ObjectionDEFER; The proposed site is in a fluvial flood zone and an FRA is required before we can make further comment
Conditions requested: Restrict the use for equestrian purposes. (as per 22/01382/B)
Department of Infrastructure Flood Risk Management Division
Conditional No ObjectionDNOC; The proposed site is in a fluvial flood zone
Conditions requested: If this application is approved FRM would request that the Application is Conditioned for the use of livestock and storage only (as per 22/01382/B)
Lezayre Parish Commissioners
SupportApproved; The Commissioners ask what the recent laying of new power cable is for.
