19 May 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Ballaman Manor, Ballnahowe, Port Erin, Isle Of Man, IM9 6jf
The proposal involves building a hexagonal summerhouse with a 14.4m diameter footprint and 149sqm floor area, standing 7m tall to the ridge (3.3m to eaves), located northwest of the existing dwelling at Ballaman Manor.
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The officer assessed the proposal against Strategic Plan policies, finding it complies with EP1, EP4, EP5, and GP2 due to minimal visual and ecological impact.
Environment Policy 1
Requires protection of countryside and ecological integrity, avoiding harmful encroachment. Officer found the ancillary summerhouse within established residential curtilage acceptable due to low-profile design, screening, and no adverse landscape impact.
Environment Policy 4
Protects biodiversity. Assessed as compliant with conditioning to secure mitigation planting offsetting tree/hedge removal, supported by DEFA no-objection.
Environment Policy 5 - Mitigation against damage to or loss of habitats
Mandates minimising habitat loss with compensatory measures. Proposal retains vegetation where possible, introduces replacement planting per approved drawings, ensuring habitat connectivity.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design, and landscaping. Satisfied by sensitive positioning, traditional materials matching dwelling, integration with topography, and landscaping enhancements.
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.
Landscaping and mitigation planting
The development hereby approved shall be implemented in strict accordance with the landscaping and mitigation planting detailed in Drawing No. HLK/25/09-04. The approved scheme shall be maintained thereafter to uphold biodiversity and landscape integrity. Any retained tree, hedges or plantings which within five years of the approved development being occupied or completed (whichever is the later) dies, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced by a similar species, of a size to be first approved in writing by the Department, during the next planting season or in accordance with a programme of replacement to be agreed in writing with the Department. Reason: In the interests of protecting and enhancing the biodiversity of the environment.
Incidental residential use only
The structure, hereby approved, shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes incidental to the residential use of the existing dwelling on the application site otherwise known as 'Ballaman Manor', Ballnahowe Road, Ballnahowe, Port Erin, and shall not be occupied as an independent unit of accommodation. Reason: To ensure proper control of the development and to reflect the information provided in the application, as the Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on the basis of the specific use and the documents submitted.
Internal layout and no kitchen/bathroom
The internal layout shall remain as shown on the submitted Drawing No. HLK/25/09 -02, date stamped as having been received 6 March 2025. No kitchen or bathroom facilities shall be installed in the building and no internal walls shall be erected to subdivide the internal space of the building. Reason: To ensure proper control of the development and to reflect the information provided in the application, as the Department has assessed the impact of the proposal on the basis of the specific use and the documents submitted.
support the application
No objection / No Interest
no objection provided conditions are met regarding landscaping implementation
