1 July 2025 · Planning Committee
1 The Old Stables, Balnahow Farm, Postal Locality, Balnahowe, Santon, Isle Of Man, IM4 1hn
The proposal seeks retrospective permission to change a paddock area of about 1,071 sqm (Field 425312) to residential garden, doubling the curtilage of The Old Stables from 1,030 sqm to 2,101 sqm within Balnahow Farm Barns, a former farm complex now with five dwellings in countryside near Santon.
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The proposal was approved on balance as it has no significant adverse impacts upon the surrounding landscape, agricultural land, private or public amenities, and biodiversity, despite not meeting GP3 …
General Policy 3
Presumes against development in countryside not designated for a purpose unless exemptions apply; proposal does not meet exemptions like domestic extensions onto agricultural land but accepted due to integration with established residential estate and lack of adverse impacts.
Environment Policy 1
Requires protection of countryside and ecology; extension enclosed within boundaries, visually unobtrusive, no landscape disruption or biodiversity harm, maintaining rural character.
Strategic Policy 4
Proposals must protect/enhance nature conservation and landscape quality in rural areas; no adverse visual or environmental impacts as site integrates with estate without intruding into open countryside.
General Policy 2
General development considerations; proposal aligns with site’s residential pattern, no amenity/highway issues.
Environment Policy 14
Prevents loss of high-quality (Class 1-2/3) agricultural land; site is Class 3/4, minimal impact, reversible, adjoins cultivated fields.
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 buildings, structures, gates, fences or enclosures
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2025 (or any Order revoking and/or re-enacting that Order with or without modification): - no free standing buildings or structures; and - no gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure, shall be erected or altered within the extension to the curtilage of the dwelling hereby approved. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the development and to ensure that the finished appearance of the development will enhance the character and visual amenities of the area.
no interest
