18 February 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Old Parsonage, St. Judes, Isle Of Man, IM7 2ew
The proposal involves changing the use of an existing two-storey integral wing, previously approved as an office, to short-let tourist accommodation for 2-4 guests within the curtilage of the main dwelling, The Old Parsonage.
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The officer assessed the principle of tourist use in the countryside under Environment Policy 16, finding the existing integral building intact, structurally capable, of historic interest from prior c…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside outside settlements or development zones from adverse development unless overriding national need. The officer noted the site is in woodland countryside but assessed the reuse as compliant with other policies without needing to invoke overriding need.
General Policy 2
Permits development respecting site/surroundings in siting, scale, design; not harming landscape/townscape character, amenities, highway safety, or providing inadequate parking/access. Proposal met criteria (b), (c), (g), (h), (i) with no adverse effects noted.
Environment Policy 16
Permits reuse of rural buildings for tourist use if no longer required for original purpose, intact/renovatable, preserves fabric of interest, accommodates use without extension/adverse change, no unacceptable traffic, and benefits outweigh retention impacts. Building previously converted to office, intact, historic interest, no changes proposed, met all tests a)-f).
Business Policy 12
Supports conversion of redundant countryside buildings to tourist use if complying with policies in 8.10 (Housing Policy 11). Proposal aligns as redundant office to tourist use.
Business Policy 14
Permits rural tourism like self-catering units if complying with GP3, BP11, BP12. Considered alongside these for quality rural accommodation.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun either before the expiration of four years from the date of this approval or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters. Reason: To comply with article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019
Use tied to main dwelling or tourist
The integral two storey building hereby approved may be used only in association with the main dwelling house "The Old Parsonage" and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house "The Old Parsonage" as a single dwelling or for tourist use and only in accordance with the internal layout shown on plan 2024-191-004 received on the 16.01.2025. Reason: To safeguard the residential character and amenities of the area. Further, the site lies within an area not designated for development and the creation of a separate dwelling would be contrary to this. The application does not propose to create separate unit/s of accommodation within the site and has not been considered as such.
Short-let holiday only, max 28 days
The tourist accommodation element hereby approved shall not be used or occupied other than for the purpose of short-let holiday accommodation and shall not be used as a separate dwelling. The accommodation hereby approved shall not be occupied by the same person(s) for a single period or cumulative periods exceeding 28 days in any calendar year. Reason: To ensure that the development is only used and occupied as short let holiday accommodation and to prevent the creation of an unjustified separate dwelling in the countryside.
No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as the existing access is acceptable for the proposals on this low flow 30mph speed limit section of adjacent road, and the site layout can accommodate both turning and parking for the existing and proposed uses.
