20 September 2010 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated authority)
Ballamona Barns, Old Castletown Road, Port Soderick, Isle Of Man, IM4 1at
The proposal involved converting two redundant stone barns within the Ballamona Estate into an estate office, owner's office, store rooms, laundry, and temporary gymnasium, including partial rebuilding of a structurally unsound section using matching materials and no extensions.
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The officer assessed the proposal against the six criteria of Housing Policy 11 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007, finding the original agricultural use redundant as the barns were unused except …
Housing Policy 11
Requires conversions of rural buildings to dwellings where redundant, structurally sound, of interest, suitable size, compatible use, and serviced, using original materials/appearance. Officer applied criteria to non-residential estate office use analogously, confirming redundancy, structural capacity with justified partial rebuild matching finishes, character interest, suitable scale/location/services. Exceptional circumstances allowed limited rebuild to avoid intrinsic alteration of building value.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to drawing no.s 916P003, 916P100, 916P300, 916X001, 916X002, 916X003, 916X100 and 916X300 date stamped the 11th March 2010.
No objection
No objections (noted bulk of work appeared completed and suggested retrospective nature)
Do not oppose, has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Consultees including Water and Sewerage Authority, Braddan Parish Commissioners, DEFA Biodiversity, and Highways Division responded with conditional no objections or no objections to the barn conversion, primarily raising flood risk, bat roost potential, and noting prior works.
Key concern: potential flooding of the mill from the pond due to spillway capacity
Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority
Conditional No ObjectionIf a condition can be put on that the construction details of the spillway to be agreed with the Water and Sewerage Authority prior to construction the Authority would not object to the application.; The information provided satisfactorily addresses our current requirement for Flooding Risks at this property.
Conditions requested: construction details of the spillway to be agreed with the Water and Sewerage Authority prior to construction; note stating that any alterations to the watercourses including the pond require land drainage consent under Sections 34 and 35 of the Land Drainage Act 1934
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners had no objection to the following Planning Applications but wished to make the following comments; It appears that the bulk of the work shown in the plans had already been completed and the application should perhaps be retrospective. The application gives the impression that this would be a commercial enterprise and the same criteria used for the decision on the recent application for Hampton Court should be used.
DEFA Biodiversity
Conditional No ObjectionI recommend that a bat survey be requested to determine whether there is a bat roost at the site, which should be taken into account in the plans.; There is potential for bats to roost in a large cavity in the rebuilt, north-facing, back wall
Conditions requested: bat survey be requested to determine whether there is a bat roost at the site, which should be taken into account in the plans
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications.
