30 March 2010 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
Ballasteen Farm, Andreas Village, Isle Of Man, IM7 4hf
The proposal involves replacing two existing agricultural barns at Ballasteen Farm, which were destroyed in a fire in January 2010, with a single new portal-framed barn measuring 24m wide, 27m deep, and 7.1m ridge height. The new building uses grey fibre cement roofing with roof lights and Yorkshire boarding cladding.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 3 and Environment Policy 15 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007, which permit agricultural buildings in the countryside where there is suffi…
General Policy 3
Permits agricultural buildings in countryside exceptionally where essential for agriculture. Officer confirmed agricultural need sufficient to outweigh general policy against countryside development, supported by DAFF assessment of farm scale and housing shortfall.
Environment Policy 15
Requires new agricultural buildings sited close to existing groups, appropriate in scale, materials, colour, siting and form, sympathetic to landscape. Proposal met this as replacement on similar footprint adjacent to existing sheds, with design in keeping, no unacceptable impact on amenities or landscape.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the erection of a replacement agricultural building as proposed in the submitted documents and drawings REF 01, REF 02, REF 03 and REF 04 all received on 19th February 2010.
Agricultural use only
The building must be used only for agricultural purposes.
Do not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
No objection
On the basis of these comments the proposed erection of an agricultural building at Ballasteen Farm, Andreas, would aid this expansive operation and offers many agricultural attractions to the long term development and viability of this business. I support this application.
Highways Division and Andreas Parish Commissioners both have no objections to application 10/00240/B for the erection of a replacement agricultural building at Ballasteen Farm, Andreas.
Department of Transport Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Andreas Parish Commissioners
No Objectionmy Commissioners have now considered the above proposed development, and have no objections thereto
