28 December 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
Smeale Farm, Smeale, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 3eb
The proposal involves erecting a side extension to the southwest elevation of an existing part timber part metal agricultural building at Smeale Farm, a working farm with nine agricultural buildings and one farmhouse.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 3(f) of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007, which permits buildings essential for agriculture outside zoned areas, and found agricultural just…
General Policy 3
Permits building operations essential for agriculture outside zoned development areas. Officer confirmed the extension qualifies as essential for agricultural storage based on applicant discussions and modest scale, outweighing general restrictions on countryside development.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside ecology unless overriding national need with no alternative. Agricultural need for storage on working farm outweighed protection, with no adverse impacts identified from the adjoining extension.
Environment Policy 2
Prioritises landscape character protection in Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value unless no harm or essential location. Extension's siting in existing farm group, screening, and highway distance ensured no harm to character or public amenity.
Environment Policy 15
Requires agricultural need, close siting to building groups, appropriate scale/materials sympathetic to landscape. Proposal adjoins existing building, matches materials (plastic coated metal, fibre cement), modest size/form suitable for farm storage.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval for the erection of a side extension to an existing agricultural building relates to drawings titled LSF1 SF2 and Drawing Number P5006-01 Rev. A all date stamped 22nd October 2012 and drawings titled GSF1, GSF2 and ESF3 all date stamped 23rd November 2012.
Agricultural use only
The extension may be used only for agricultural purposes.
no objections to the current planning application including additional plans
