10 February 2025 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Ballaclucas House, Top Road, Crosby, Isle Of Man, IM4 4hn
The proposal involves linking the modern replacement dwelling to its detached double garage with a single-storey extension, adding a rear extension to the garage, installing solar panels on the roof, and modifying the rear garden retaining wall to create a slightly larger handstanding area, all within the established r…
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The officer considered the principle of extensions to countryside dwellings acceptable per paragraph 8.12.2 of the IOM Strategic Plan, which supports alterations so long as they do not detract from co…
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Promotes good design. Officer assessed extensions as respecting traditional elements through subordinate scale and in-keeping materials.
Spatial Policy 5
Promotes use of local materials and character. Materials assessed as matching the modern-traditional dwelling.
General Policy 2
Sets general standards for visual amenity, neighbouring amenity, and renewables (b)(c)(g)(n). Proposal met standards with no amenity harm and policy support for solar panels.
Housing Policy 15
Extensions to traditionally styled properties. Link extension acceptable on modern-traditional dwelling despite minor proportion issues, as subordinate and not detracting from character.
Housing Policy 16
Extensions and alterations to non-traditional properties, public views. Rear garage extension subordinate from highway, no adverse public view impact.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside character. Extensions clustered with existing development, no harmful spread or adverse landscape harm.
Environment Policy 42 - character and need to adhere to local distinctiveness
Development taking account of locality in design. Proposal respects locality through appropriate siting and scale.
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.
Boundary treatments retention
The red line shown on drawing P02a defines the approved curtilage and boundary treatments as approved and undertaken under 13/00558/B. These boundary treatments shall be retained in full accordance with those details and annotation stated on P02a. In the event that any boundary hedging is removed or damaged as a result of the proposed wall works, it shall be replaced within similar native hedging in the first available planting season following completion of the wall works and retained thereafter. Reason: to ensure the red line boundary curtilage and red line boundary treatments are suitably maintained in line with C2 of 13/00558/B in the interest of protection of the countryside.
No Highways Interest
No objection
Marown Parish Commissioners have no objection to the application. The other document is an agent's response to flood risk concerns for a different application.
Marown Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have NO OBJECTION to the following:; 24/91370/B – Erection of link extension between dwelling and garage – Ballaclucas House, Top Road, Crosby
