1 December 2014 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (in the name of Director of Planning and Building Control)
High Tilt, Douglas Road, Kirk Michael, Isle Of Man, IM6 1as
The proposal is for a new agricultural building measuring 17.8m long, 11.9m wide, 6.5m ridge height and 4m eaves height, with smooth painted render blockwork base, natural grey fibre cement sheets and solar panels on one roof slope.
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The officer first assessed agricultural need under General Policy 3(f) and Environment Policy 15, finding it justified as the only Boer goat meat and Angora Mohair farm on the Island requires addition…
General Policy 3
Permits building operations essential for agriculture outside zoned areas. Officer applied paragraph (f) as gateway test, finding the building essential for goat housing, finishing and feed storage given farm's needs and inadequate existing facilities.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding national need with no alternative. Agricultural need for unique goat enterprise outweighed protection, as proposal does not adversely affect countryside character.
Environment Policy 15
Requires proven agricultural need, acceptable impacts, siting near building groups, appropriate scale/design sympathetic to landscape. Need accepted; siting next to dwelling/stables justified by access/safety; scale/form/materials (fibre cement, solar panels) typical and screened; no adverse residential impact.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Agricultural use only
The building must be used only for agricultural purposes. Reason: The countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
no objection to the current planning application (06/11/2014)
