24 September 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Ballavale Barns, Ballavale Road, Santon, Isle Of Man, IM4 1eh
The proposal involves demolishing an existing garage to build a new glasshouse, removing one vehicular access, making alterations to the main barn dwelling (such as chimney stack replacement, roofing over a terrace for a plant room, window/door changes, and a new porch), and repairing the adjacent tourist unit.
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The majority of this application duplicates works approved under 24/91397/B, which set a precedent for acceptability of the glasshouse, access changes, building alterations, and ancillary office use l…
Environment Policy 1
Requires protection of the countryside from adversely affecting development unless overriding national need. Officer assessed alterations as not harmful to rural character, duplicating prior approval, with conditions ensuring sympathetic materials and finishes.
General Policy 2
Sets general standards for acceptable development including siting, scale, design, amenity, highways and landscape impact. Proposal met tests through in-keeping design, no amenity harm, adequate parking, and highway acceptance.
Housing Policy 15
Covers alterations/extensions to traditionally styled properties. Changes to stacks, terrace, porch, veranda and openings retained traditional solid-to-void ratios and barn form, with matching materials conditioned.
Business Policy 7
Restricts new offices to town centres unless in architecturally/historically interesting buildings where office use secures future. Ground floor office use permitted as ancillary to botanic garden in existing barn, not preventing dwelling use.
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.
Office use restriction
The additional office use hereby approved is restricted to the ground floor of the main dwelling only and only in connection with the operation of the wider botanic garden site outlined in blue on drawing number A_1_00 Location Plan. Reason: the application has been assessed on this specific basis only as submitted, and in ensuring the proposal doesn't prevent the barns use as dwelling in line with Business Policy 7 and not to undermine Draft Economy Strategy.
Stonework matching
All new stonework hereby approved on the main barn shall be installed to match the existing building and retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interest of visual amenity to ensure the stone work to the main barn including the extension over the terrace, and making good to the tourist unit is finished appropriately and in keeping with the existing stone work on those buildings.
Tourist unit finishes
Any new external finishes to the tourist unit shall be finished to match the existing tourist unit in particular the walls and roof and retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interest of visual amenity.
Glasshouse framing colour
The framing for the glasshouse hereby approved shall be finished in a dark colour and retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interest of visual amenity and to avoid the installation of any white or light coloured frame at odds to the darker stonework of the surrounding buildings.
Glasshouse lighting
There shall be no internal or external lighting of the approved glasshouse unless full details are submitted to and approved in writing by the Department and installed only in full accordance with the details approved. Reason: in the interest of preventing any unacceptable light spill in the interest of habitats and neighbouring amenity.
Bird strike prevention
The glasshouse glazing must be installed with methods for the prevention of bird strike which may include etching, decals or ultraviolet coatings prior to the building being brought into use and shall be retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interest of preventing bird strike minded of the large size and rural location of the glasshouse.
Parking and access
The car parking, access and site layout shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved drawings and retained as such thereafter. Reason: in the interest of highway parking and amenity purposes.
Tourist unit occupancy
The tourist unit shall be used only by tourists with no individual tenancy exceeding 4 weeks in duration between Easter and 31st October: outside of these months longer lets may be permitted. The unit may also be managed only in association with the occupation of the main dwelling, Ballavale Barns. Reason: for the avoidance of doubt minded of its physical separation due to the works proposed and to align with the original tourist use conditions of 13/91380/B.
Do not oppose subject to conditions on car parking, access and site layout - no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality or parking
