24 March 2025 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler); issued by Director of Planning and Building Control (J Chance)
Peace House, Lhoobs Road, Eairy, Isle Of Man, IM4 3ja
The application sought to convert a small single-storey stable building, finished in cement render with a pitched tiled roof, into a tourism unit providing two double bedrooms, a bathroom, and an open-plan kitchen-living area, including a rear extension, parking for two vehicles, landscaping, and a sewerage treatment p…
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The officer determined the site is in protected rural countryside not zoned for development under the 1982 Development Plan, contrary to Strategic Policy 2 and Spatial Policy 5, with new development o…
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Directs new development to identified towns and villages; site is in rural countryside outside defined settlements like Foxdale, so proposal contrary as no exceptional circumstances apply.
Spatial Policy 5
Requires building in defined settlements or per GP3 exceptions; site fails countryside exceptions, assessed as inappropriate rural development.
General Policy 2
General development control principles protecting character and appearance; alterations and extension would have material adverse effect on surrounding rural area through domestication, scale, massing, and loss of simple form.
General Policy 3
Exceptions to development in countryside, including conversion of redundant rural buildings of value (b) or previously developed land (c); building not of sufficient interest, works too extensive, not significant structures for PDL, fails both tests.
Housing Policy 4
Location of new housing and exceptions; no exceptions met for habitable accommodation in countryside, linked to tourist use assessment.
Housing Policy 11
Conversion of rural buildings to dwellings (applied via Business Policy 12 to tourist use); requires buildings of sufficient quality/interest warranting retention; modern stable lacks this, redundancy alone insufficient.
Environment Policy 1
Protection of countryside; no overriding national need demonstrated with no reasonable alternatives, proposal would adversely affect rural character visually.
Environment Policy 16
Use of rural buildings to tourism; fails conversion tests tied to architectural/historic value and policy compliance.
Business Policy 11
Conversion of rural buildings to tourist use; requires meeting conversion tests of EP16, not satisfied.
Business Policy 12
Conversion of redundant rural buildings to tourism, linked to HP11; fails due to lack of building merit.
Business Policy 14
Tourist development in rural areas; requires compliance with BP12 and other policies, not met.
No objection, no significant negative impact on highway safety; existing access acceptable providing first 6m bound and consolidated; suggest EV charging point; S109 agreement required for access improvements.
