12 September 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner Chris Balmer
Aust Veg, Aust Lane, Aust, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 4eg
The proposal was for Approval in Principle to erect a single detached family home on agricultural land adjoining an existing 19th-century Manx vernacular cottage at Aust Veg, accessed via private Aust Lane from Andreas Road, in the rural parish of Lezayre outside any settlement boundary.
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The officer refused because the site is in protected countryside outside settlement boundaries and not allocated for development, with no overriding national need or acceptable alternative to justify …
Strategic Policy 2
Requires new development primarily in towns/villages or sustainable extensions, with countryside development only in exceptional circumstances per para 6.3. Officer found no such circumstances like agricultural need, rejecting applicant's family/historic preservation arguments as the cottage could be refurbished alone.
Strategic Policy 3
Protects countryside from development without overriding need. Site in unallocated rural area; personal circumstances insufficient to outweigh protection.
General Policy 3
Prohibits development outside zoned areas except specific exceptions like agricultural housing or redundant building conversions. Proposal fits none; not enabling development for cottage refurbishment.
Housing Policy 4
New countryside housing only for agricultural workers, conversions, or replacements. No agricultural tie; not a replacement or conversion of redundant building.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside for its own sake unless overriding national need with no alternative. No such need demonstrated; any dwelling would adversely affect open rural character.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, without harming landscape character. Any dwelling would be isolated feature incongruous with verdant rural softness.
Transport Policy 4
Requires safe access/egress per Manual for Manx Roads. No details or safety audit submitted; private lane already at 5+ dwellings limit.
