Removal of existing detached garage and erection of replacement garage/equipment store

Refusal Reasons

• ✗The proposed development does not qualify as one of the exceptions to the presumption against development in the countryside as set out in General Policy 3 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan. As such, it would contravene this policy, which aims to prevent development that fails to preserve or enhance the Manx countryside.
• ✗The proposal is contrary to Environment Policy 1 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan in that it has not been demonstrated that there is an overriding national need in land planning terms to justify setting aside this policy, which requires the protection of the countryside for its own sake.
• ✗By reason of its mass and scale relative to the adjacent dwelling, the proposed garage, at almost quadruple the footprint of the existing garage, represents incongruous and inappropriate development in a landscape that is designated as having high landscape value and scenic significance. As such, the proposal is contrary to Environment Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan.
• ✗By reason of its mass and scale relative to the adjacent dwelling, the proposed garage, at almost quadruple the footprint of the existing garage, would appear from the adjacent Maughold Conservation Area as a new dwelling in the countryside; as such, it would detrimentally affect important views out of the Conservation Area in contravention of Environment Policy 36 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan.