16 April 2014 · Planning Committee
Foxdale Football Club, Billy Goat Park, Stoney Mountain Road, Eairy, Isle Of Man, IM4 3hj
The proposal involves using the existing football pitch, clubhouse, car park, and access at Foxdale Football Club for a temporary campsite during the Isle of Man TT event from 24th May to 6th June 2014, with setup three days prior and takedown three days after.
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The officer assessed the proposal against the absence of specific Strategic Plan policies for campsites, focusing on site accessibility and visual impact; the site off Stoney Mountain Road is adequate…
General Policy 3
Restricts development outside zoned areas except for specified exceptions including 'development recognised to be of overriding national need...for which there is no reasonable and acceptable alternative'. Officer applied this to justify temporary TT campsite in countryside as serving national TT event need, with no suitable alternative sites.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from adverse development unless overriding national need outweighs protection and no alternative exists. Assessed temporary tents as not unduly harmful due to short duration, partial screening, and sunken location, balancing TT national importance against countryside impact.
Business Policy 11
Requires tourism development to accord with sustainable objectives and countryside protections applied equally. Relevant as TT camping is tourism-related; officer noted no specific camping policy but proposal complies via limited temporary use without permanent structures.
Time limit for use and setup/takedown
The camp site may be available for use no earlier than the day before the first practice associated with the TT and up to the day after the last race and the camp site may be erected within three days before this and taken down within three days after this until 2017.
Approved plans
The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in full accordance with the Location Plan, Site Plan and Drg No. FAFC/2014 received on 24th February 2014.
Maximum tents and location
There shall be a maximum of 100 tents pitched within the site. There shall be no pitching of tents outside the area outlined with diagonal lines as shown on Drg No. FAFC/2014 received on 24th February 2014.
Parking use restriction
The parking area, as shown on Drg No. FAFC/2014 received on 24th February 2014, shall not be used other than for the parking of vehicles in connection with the site and the camping use hereby approved.
Overall permission expiry
The site may be used in accordance with this approval up until the end of Manx Grand Prix/Festival of Motorcycling 2017. Any use of the site as hereby approved after that time must first be authorised by way of a further planning approval.
Lighting hours
The existing lighting installed on the clubhouse may be illuminated only between 1600hrs and 0100hrs on any day between the TT fortnight.
no objection
do not oppose
