8 August 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
West Kimmeragh, West Kimmeragh Road, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ba
The proposal is for a 4.5m wide by 8m deep extension to the west side of an existing large metal barn (farm workshop) at West Kimmeragh Farm, a 106Ha working farm in the countryside near Bride. The extension would be set back from the front elevation of the barn, with a slightly lower roof, and finished in matching mat…
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The officer assessed the proposal against countryside policies given no specific policy for agricultural building extensions, focusing on agricultural need and visual impact.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Permits development in countryside only in exceptional circumstances per General Policy 3. Officer applied this as gateway, finding exception met via agricultural essentiality.
Strategic Policy 5
Restricts countryside development to General Policy 3 compliance. Assessed as compliant due to agricultural justification.
General Policy 2
Requires respect for site/surroundings in siting/scale/design, no adverse landscape/amenity/road safety/flood impacts. Proposal satisfied relevant criteria (b, c, g, h, i, l) as subordinate, no harm, ample parking, no flood risk to extension.
General Policy 3
Permits outside zoned areas only for essential agricultural operations (f). Extension justified as essential for farm workshop feed storage, supported by enterprise evidence.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding need; no adverse effect permitted. No harm to landscape from subordinate extension in farmyard.
Environment Policy 13
Prohibits unacceptable flood risk. Small flood-prone area well away from extension.
Environment Policy 15
For agricultural buildings, requires need outweighing countryside policy, close to groups, appropriate scale/form/materials sympathetic to landscape; consider residential impact. Need established, sited at existing group, subordinate scale/materials matching, no residential impact.
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.
Materials approval
All external facing and roofing materials to be used on the extension hereby approved shall match those of the existing building. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area.
Agricultural use only
The extension hereby approved shall be used only for agricultural purposes. Reason: The countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
