1 September 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Renscault Cottage, East Baldwin, Isle Of Man, IM4 5ep
The proposal involves multiple alterations and reduced-scale extensions to an existing traditional Manx cottage at Renscault Cottage, East Baldwin, such as replacing the conservatory with a masonry flat roof sunroom, adding dormers to front and rear elevations, new window openings, a porch, converting the existing gara…
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The officer noted a general presumption against countryside development but allowed extensions to existing rural dwellings under Housing Policies 15 and 16, provided they respect character.
General Policy 2
Requires general standards for acceptable development including visual amenity, neighbouring amenity, and highway safety under (b), (c), (g), (h), (i). Officer assessed the revised extensions as not harming character, amenity, or highways, aligning with policy tests for countryside extensions.
Housing Policy 15
Supports extensions to traditional properties. Applied to the Manx cottage, where revisions ensured no further erosion of character despite prior alterations; dormers and windows deemed in keeping.
Housing Policy 16
Supports extensions to non-traditional properties. Relevant to existing extensions; new works like sunroom and garage conversion found subordinate and acceptable.
Environment Policy 4
Addresses ecology, protected species, and habitats. DEFA Ecology confirmed no further assessments needed after bat information; note added for Wildlife Act compliance.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Promotes good design. Revisions reduced bulk and massing to respect cottage character.
Spatial Policy 5
Promotes use of local materials and character. Proposals used designs fitting traditional appearance.
Environment Policy 42
Promotes development accounting for locality in design. Garage and extensions deemed appropriate to rural setting.
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.
no objection
no highways interest
no objection but reminder on surface water runoff under Highway Act
no further bat assessments required; caution advised; optional bat box enhancements
A neighbour from Paper Mill, East Baldwin, objects to the planning application due to an error in the site location plan incorrectly showing land ownership extending to the left bank of the River Glass.
Key concern: Error in land ownership boundaries on site location plan
Paper Mill, East Baldwin (resident)
ObjectionThe site location diagram shows the curtilage of Renscault Cottage extending to the left bank of the River Glass. This is incorrect.; We own the stretch of left bank below Renscault farm from about half a kilometre up stream of Paper Mill to the East Baldwin Road.; Since this is an error of land ownership fact, I would like this error to be corrected on the planning application drawings before the application is determined.
Conditions requested: Correct the land ownership error on the planning application drawings before the application is determined
