12 December 2024 · Planning Committee
Lambfell Beg, Cronk Y Voddy, St. Johns, Isle Of Man, IM4 3ns
The proposal sought permission to retain two metal storage containers retrospectively for two years to store personal belongings of family members moving to the Isle of Man. The containers are sited within the residential curtilage of Lambfell Beg, screened by mature hedgerow and related to existing outbuildings, in an…
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The Planning Committee declined the officer's recommendation for approval and refused the application. The formal refusal reason states the storage containers are in the countryside for personal use, …
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, form, design, landscaping, amenity, and highway safety. Officer assessed containers as compliant, causing no adverse impact on landscape character due to scale, siting adjacent to existing buildings, and screening.
General Policy 3
Prohibits development outside zoned areas except specific exceptions not including domestic outbuildings/storage. Proposal conflicts as sited in unzoned open countryside; officer acknowledged non-compliance but recommended approval on temporary basis due to no landscape harm.
Environment Policy 1
Prevents development adversely affecting countryside unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer found no adverse countryside impact due to screening/inconspicuousness, but Committee ruled no exceptional circumstances proven and alternatives exist.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape Value (AHLV); permits if no harm to landscape character or location essential. Officer concluded complies with (a) as containers inconspicuous behind hedgerow, at lower level, well-related to built form, no public viewpoints.
No interest registered
Highway Services HDC has no interest in the application, while German Commissioners object due to the containers not being temporary after five years, being out of keeping, and unsightly.
Key concern: Five years is not considered temporary
Highway Services HDC
No CommentHighway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: 24/00704/B
German Commissioners
ObjectionOBJECTION Five years is not considered temporary, they are out of keeping in the area, and they are unsightly by the road
