7 May 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Ballacallin Beg, Foxdale Road, Garth, Crosby, Isle Of Man, IM4 2hn
The proposal seeks retrospective approval for a timber stable building measuring 10m long by 5.4m wide with a 3.4m ridge height, featuring double doors, a rear window, and tin sheet roof, used for private equestrian purposes and some agricultural storage.
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The officer concluded that by reason of the siting, scale, design and intended private use, the proposed timber stables are not expected to result in any adverse or detrimental visual harm to the char…
General Policy 2
Requires general standards for acceptable development including siting, scale, design, amenity, highways, and countryside protection (b,c,g,h,i). Officer assessed the small scale, timber design, setback siting, no amenity/highway harm, and private use as meeting these standards.
Environment Policy 1
Presumption against development in countryside. Officer found no visual detriment due to small scale, clustering, and backdrop screening, with typical equestrian design.
Environment Policy 19
Permits equestrian buildings in countryside if no amenity loss, no loss of high quality agricultural land (Classes 1-2), and highways can accommodate traffic. No high quality land loss, sufficient separation for amenity, and acceptable highways confirmed.
Environment Policy 21
Stables must not detriment countryside character/appearance and avoid cavity-wall construction. Timber building of small scale in established equestrian context found not detrimental.
Environment Policy 15
Agricultural buildings should cluster with existing buildings, not isolated. Building clustered amongst established development on this side of road.
Private equestrian use only
The building hereby approved shall be used only for private equestrian purposes only and shall not be used for any commercial use or commercial purposes. Reason: The application has been assessed on this private use only as requested in the application for the stabling of horses and keeping of equipment and feed in association with those horses.
Removal if equestrian use ceases
In the event that the stable building hereby approved is no longer used or required for the stabling of horses, the stable building and its associated hardstanding shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition within 12 months of the date the use ceased. Reason: The application has been assessed on this basis for equestrian purposes only and to avoid the culmination of unwarranted and unused buildings in the countryside.
do not oppose subject to condition; no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as site access visibility and layout is acceptable
