5 September 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Ballacaroon, Mount Rule, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4hw
The proposal involves building a modest shed (8m wide x 4m deep x 4m ridge height) in Field No. 521361, part of the 1.6 hectare site including the residential curtilage of the recently constructed dwelling Ballacaroon.
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The officer assessed that the applicants demonstrated sufficient agricultural/horticultural need for the shed to maintain their 1.6 hectare site (including field and gardens), justifying equipment sto…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside and ecology from development unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer found no adverse countryside effects due to mitigated visual impact from scale, siting, topography and finishes.
Environment Policy 15
Permits agricultural buildings in countryside if need outweighs restrictions, sited near building groups, appropriate scale/form/materials sympathetic to landscape, avoiding exposed areas. Need for field/garden maintenance accepted; siting against boundary landscaping, modest size/height, dark green colours and removal if need ends ensured sympathy to rural landscape near dwellings.
General Policy 3
Prohibits development outside zoned areas except essential agriculture/forestry operations. Exception applied as shed essential for agricultural machinery storage tied to land maintenance.
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.
Agricultural use only
The building must be used only for agricultural purposes and garden machinery in association with the main dwelling house "Ballacaroon". REASON: the countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need/maintenance of the land associated with Ballacaroon. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
Removal if need ceases
The building hereby approved shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition in the event that it is no longer used or required for agricultural/garden machinery purposes associated with "Ballacaroon" for a period exceeding 12months. Reason: The building has been exceptionally approved solely to meet agricultural/ garden machinery needs and its subsequent retention would result in an unwarranted intrusion in the countryside.
Dark green colouring
The external walls (cladding), roofing, door frames, guttering, bargeboards, eves, roof (excluding roof lights) on the new building must be a dark green/olive green colour and all being retained thereafter. The timber sliding doors shall be either left unpainted, stained or painted a dark green/olive green colour and be retained thereafter. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
do not object
