15 April 2025 · Planning Committee
Plot 1 The Quadrant, Phildraw Road, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 3eg
The proposal involves building a substantial L-shaped two-storey dwelling in Georgian style with brickwork finishes, dark grey tiled hipped roof, attached garage and first-floor guest suite on a level 1.4-acre open plot in a rural countryside setting zoned for Proposed Low Density Housing in Parkland.
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The site is zoned Proposed Low Density Housing in Parkland (LDHP) under the Area Plan for the South, making the principle of residential development acceptable, with previous approvals on the site and…
General Policy 2
Requires development in zoned areas to respect site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design, landscaping; not adversely affect landscape, amenities, highway safety, drainage. Officer assessed proposal complies due to appropriate Georgian design, generous setbacks, retained vegetation, landscaping, distances to neighbours preventing amenity harm, approved access and drainage.
Housing Policy 6
Residential zoned land must follow area plan brief or GP2 criteria, encouraging good/innovative design. Applied to LDHP brief requiring substantial high-quality dwellings; officer found Georgian design substantial and high quality, smaller footprint than prior approval, fitting varied local styles.
Transport Policy 4
Highways must accommodate development traffic safely. Officer confirmed approved shared access with adequate visibility splays, no Highway Services objection.
Transport Policy 7
Parking per standards. Provided by front hardstanding and 3-car garage, condition required prior to occupation.
Planning Circular 8/89 - Low Density Housing in Parkland
For proposed LDHP, dwellings must be substantial/high quality, in ≥1 acre landscaped grounds acknowledging contours/trees. Site 1.4 acres, dwelling substantial (811sqm), Georgian design high quality, set back 30-47.4m from road, flat site with new tree planting/pond, re-profiled bank similar to neighbour.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Guest accommodation ancillary use
The guest accommodation at first floor of the proposal hereby approved shall only be used in association with the approved main dwelling house and for purposes incidental to the use of approved main dwelling house as a single dwelling, for no residential/tourist purposes and only in accordance with the internal layout shown on plan 101.
Landscaping scheme
All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping (Dwg Nr 020 REV A) must 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 which die or become seriously damaged or diseased must be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species
Parking and turning
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until the parking and turning areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans Nr 020 REV A. 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.
Materials approval
No above ground floor 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 brickworks and mortar details), including roofs, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The development shall not be carried out unless strictly in accordance with the approved details.
Visibility splays
The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until the visibility splays as shown on Drawing 020 REV A shall be provided/retained and maintained at all times free from any obstruction at height not exceeding 1.05m above the level of the adjacent highway carriageway.
No objection subject to vehicle access, visibility splay, parking and turning completed before occupation
No objection
No impact on public drainage infrastructure, no comments
Satisfied with revised sewage provisions to drainage mound, no discharge licence needed
EPU (Environmental Protection Unit) is satisfied with the revised drainage strategy and sewage provisions, confirming no discharge licence is needed.
DEFA Environmental Protection Unit
No ObjectionLooking at the revised drainage strategy provided by Axis Consulting Engineers, I am satisfied with the proposed sewage provisions.; Discharging the treated sewage effluent from a Klargester sewage treatment works to a drainage mound means that no discharge licence is needed from EPU.
