24 October 2024 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Field 624255, Glen Mona Loop Road, Glen Mona, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 1hg
The proposal is to vary condition 1 of the previously approved reserved matters application PA 22/01558/REM, which authorised the erection of a single dwelling on an undeveloped hillside site in the countryside at Glen Mona Loop Road, Ramsey.
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The principal issue was whether any material planning matters such as policy changes, land use designations, Local Plan adoption or new legislation had occurred since the approval of PA 22/01558/REM; …
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside for its own sake outside settlements; development not permitted unless overriding national need and no alternative. Officer assessed proposal would not adversely affect countryside due to established principle, design minimising visual impact (set into slope, screened), and no policy changes.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance; development permitted if no harm to character/quality or location essential. Site in AHLV; officer found no harm from road/distant views due to traditional form, materials blending with landscape (render, timber cladding, green roofs), and prior AIP height limit met.
Housing Policy 14
Governs replacement dwellings (used analogously); limits size/siting unless environmental improvement. Assessed via prior report: 477sqm floor area over three storeys akin to traditional farmhouse, footprint aligned with neighbours, overall refinement reducing visual impact in countryside.
Strategic Policy 4
Villages outside service hierarchy maintain settlement character, appropriate scale housing. Glen Mona not a service village; exception via prior approvals and General Policy 3 countryside criteria.
Spatial Policy 5
New development in settlements or countryside per General Policy 3. Relies on established exception for this site.
General Policy 3
Permits countryside development only in exceptional cases including replacement dwellings. Principle established by prior AIP/REM approvals.
Transport Policy 4
Highways must accommodate development safely. Approved access/visibility/parking with no objection.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards. Provided >2 spaces and turning.
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.
No further alterations
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no extension, enlargement or other alteration of the dwelling(s) hereby approved, other than that expressly authorised by this approval, shall be carried out, without the prior written approval of the Department. Reason: To control development in the interests of the amenities of the surrounding area.
Vehicular access
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the means of vehicular access has been constructed in accordance with the approved plans, and shall thereafter be retained for access purposes only. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
Parking and turning
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied or operated until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times. Reason: To ensure that sufficient provision is made for off-street parking and turning of vehicles in the interests of highway safety.
Wire fencing
Prior to the occupation of the dwelling hereby approved the new wire fencing annotated as "08" on drawing 10B shall be completed and retained thereafter. Reason: in the interest of ecology and the visual amenities of the area.
Materials approval
No development shall commence until a schedule of materials and finishes and samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces, including roofs, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
Landscaping and green roofs
All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping plan 12B and green roofs to garage and lower ground floor building must all be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of the development or the occupation of the dwelling, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants (green roof) which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species. Reason: To ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.
Bat and bee bricks
Prior to the occupation of the dwelling hereby approved the integrated bat and bee bricks shall be installed as shown on drawing 'Proposed Elevations 01' and retained thereafter. Reason: In the interest of biodiversity.
Bird boxes relocation
No approval is hereby given for the installation of the bird boxes as shown on drawing 18A, instead these bird boxes shall be installed to the northern elevation prior to the occupation of the dwelling. Reason: In the interest of biodiversity.
Bird strike prevention
Prior to the commencement of any development details of measures to be undertaken to prevent bird strikes on clear glazing shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. This approved scheme shall be completed prior to the occupation of the dwelling and shall be retained thereafter. Reason: In the interest of biodiversity.
Ancillary use only
The living accommodation within the lower ground floor as shown on drawing 16 shall only be used in association with the main dwelling house hereby approved and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house as a single dwelling, for no commercial purposes and only in accordance with the internal layout shown on plan 16 received on the 27.08.2024. Reason: The application does not propose to create separate units of accommodation within the site and has not been considered as such.
No highway interest; no objection
No objections to extending the approval term
Highway Services, Garff Commissioners, DEFA Biodiversity, and DOI Highway Drainage all indicate no objections to the time extension application 24/90997/B, with DEFA requesting specific ecological conditions and DOI Highway Drainage issuing an advisory note on drainage.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: 24/90997/B
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in: 24/90997/B
Garff Commissioners
No ObjectionThere were no objections to this application to extend the approval term.
DEFA Biodiversity
Conditional No ObjectionThe results of this report are valid for 3 years, after which a re-assessment may be required.; reports more than 3 years old are unlikely to still be valid and are likely to need to be updated (subject to an assessment by a professional ecologist)
Conditions requested: ecological conditions for PA 22/01556/REM (7, 8, 9 & 10) are secured; an additional condition is secured for an updated Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Report (PEAR) to be provided to Planning for written approval should development not have commenced by August 2025; Should this report identify additional features of interest on site for which mitigation is required... details of the mitigation measures to be put in place on site should be submitted to Planning for written approval prior to works commencing; Should this report also identify that further ecological surveys are required, then these survey reports, containing appropriate mitigation measures, should be submitted to Planning and approved in writing before works commence
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionHighway Services HDC have reviewed the updated information for planning application 24/90997/B dated 18 Sep 2024 online and have no further comments to make.
DOI Highway Drainage
No ObjectionApplicant should be aware of and comply with the clause above.
