12 June 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Mannville, Niarbyl Road, Dalby, Isle Of Man, IM5 3bs
The proposal involves replacing a dilapidated corrugated metal outbuilding with a new single-storey craft workshop (4.9m x 8.8m, 2.6m high) finished in timber cladding, white uPVC windows and EDM felt roof with solar panels, for private domestic craft activities including a workshop, store and WC.
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The officer determined that the craft workshop replaces a dilapidated corrugated metal structure that detracts from the area, with the new contemporary design in timber cladding and white uPVC enhanci…
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, form, design; not adversely affect landscape character, ecology, amenity, highway safety. Officer assessed proposal complies as craft building enhances area, polycrub screened with limited visibility, no impacts on trees/ecology/amenity/highways.
General Policy 3
Permits countryside development essential for agriculture/forestry. Polycrub accepted as horticulture is 'agriculture' per Act (para 45(1)), even for personal use; craft building within residential curtilage.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding need. Proposal acceptable as no adverse countryside impact due to screening, scale and relation to existing buildings.
Environment Policy 2
Protects AHLV landscape character unless no harm or essential location. Polycrub/workshop cause no harm due to limited visibility, screening and grouping with adjacent dwellings.
Environment Policy 15
Permits agricultural/horticultural buildings if need outweighs countryside policy, sited near building groups, sympathetic scale/materials. Personal horticultural need accepted, siting near dwellings with appropriate low scale.
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.
Private domestic use only
The craft workshop hereby approved shall be used for the private domestic needs of the owner only and shall not be used for any business or commercial use. Reason: In the interest of highway safety and to safeguard the residential character and amenities of the area.
No objection subject to condition limiting to private use only for highway safety and parking amenity
No objection but applicant should demonstrate compliance with surface water runoff rules
