3 December 2010 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Field 214285, Bretney Road, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3es
The proposal involved building a single-storey L-shaped stable block (15m x 7.7m, 3.3m ridge height) with 3 stables, a foaling box and feed store, clad in shiplap timber and black onduline roofing, sited 26m from the road along the western field boundary.
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The officer assessed the proposal against Environment Policies 1, 19, 21 and Energy Policy 2 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007, focusing on visual impact, countryside character, highway safety, a…
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from development unless overriding need and no alternative; officer found modest scale and limited impact acceptable in unzoned 'White Land' due to sensitive siting and screening.
Environment Policy 19
Permits equestrian development if no amenity loss, no loss of high quality ag land, and highways can accommodate traffic; no residential amenity affected, field not Classes 1-2, Highways no objection.
Environment Policy 21
Prohibits animal stabling detrimental to countryside character in siting/design/size/finish, requires purpose-specific form avoiding cavity walls; low single-storey L-shape with timber/onduline clearly stable-like, not prominent.
Energy Policy 2
Safeguards land within 9m either side of overhead HT power cable from development; initial breach resolved by amendment moving stable >9m away, MEA objection withdrawn.
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 stable block and the creation of a field access, as shown in drawing number 024/PL02, date stamped 8th September 2010; in addition to drawing number 024/PL01 Rev. A, date stamped 18th October 2010.
Do not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
No objections to amended plans
Manx Electricity Authority initially objected due to proximity to 11kV overhead line but later noted 'Now OK' after plans amended; Highways Division and Jurby Parish Commissioners raised no objections.
Key concern: 11 kV overhead line crossing the proposed stable block site requiring 9m safety corridor
Manx Electricity Authority
ObjectionThe MEA need to object to the above planning application, unless one of the following conditions is met; under Health & Safety Guidance MEA require a 9 meter corridor, either side from the outside conductor
Conditions requested: site location should be moved to outside of this corridor; The overhead line could be routed under ground, however this will also require a 5 meter corridor or the equipment could be diverted around the site
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionNow OK as moved +9m from HV OHL
Conditions requested: condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact our Network Operations Department, Manx Electricity Authority, (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around Cables and Overhead Lines; Contact the M.E.A. for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents, (Tel. 687766); All work to be carried out with reference to Health and Safety Executive Guidance Notes HS(G)47 & GS6
Manx Electricity Authority
ObjectionObjection
Conditions requested: condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority
Manx Electricity Authority
ObjectionObjection*
Conditions requested: condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority
Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Jurby Parish Commissioners
No Objectionhave no objections to amended plans as received
Jurby Parish Commissioners
No Objectionhave no objections to the amended plans as received
