27 March 2013 · Planning Committee
Mount Rule Farm, West Baldwin Road, Mount Rule, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4hs
The proposal involved demolishing an existing roadside barn and erecting a detached four-car garage and garden store, alongside minor amendments to a previously approved replacement dwelling design, including a 0.4m increase in eaves height (no change to ridge), white-coloured verges/copings, and other detailing change…
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The officer attached significant weight to three recent prior approvals (11/00033/B, 11/01518/B, 12/01057/B) for substantially larger replacement dwellings (up to 274% increase in floor area, despite …
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from development adversely affecting it unless overriding need. The officer assessed the replacement dwelling as acceptable in principle under exceptions for rural dwelling replacements, with prior approvals confirming no unacceptable countryside harm given reduced visual impact from repositioning.
Environment Policy 2
Prioritises landscape character protection in High Landscape or Coastal Value areas unless no harm or essential location. Site is in such an area; proposal found acceptable as traditional design, further setback from road, and landscaping mitigate impact, with distant views obscured and local precedents of render finishes.
General Policy 3
Restricts countryside development except replacements of rural dwellings. Replacement principle accepted via policy exception (d), supported by prior approvals despite size.
Housing Policy 4
New countryside housing only in exceptional cases like rural replacements. Proposal fits exception (c), assessed via HP12/14.
Housing Policy 12
Permits rural replacements unless abandoned or historic. Existing dwelling not abandoned (unoccupied but habitable), so replacement principle acceptable.
Housing Policy 14
Replacement dwellings generally not substantially larger or differently sited unless environmental improvement; allows >50% increase for traditional character or less visual impact. Exceeded 50% (274% per prior approvals) but justified by poor existing form, traditional design, reduced road proximity/visual impact, and precedent; tension resolved by prior permissions despite calculation errors.
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 the demolition of the barn, creation of garaging and erection of replacement dwelling as shown in the submitted documents and drawings SC1185P/10/01, SC1185-P/10/02, SC1185-P/10/03E, SC1185-P/10/04E, SC1185-P/10/05E, SC1185-P/10/06E, SC1185-P/10/07E, SC1185-P/12/01E, SC1185-P/12/02E, SC1185P/12/03E, SC1185-P/12/04E and SC1185-P/12/05E all received on 4th February 2013.
Landscaping scheme
No development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and those works shall be carried out as approved. Details of hard landscaping works shall include boundary treatment, footpaths, driveways and hard surfacing materials. The hard landscaping works shall be completed in full accordance with the approved details within 3 months of the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted; and all planting shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details in the first planting and seeding seasons following that first occupation. Any tree or shrub which within 5 years from completion of the development dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with another of similar size and species, unless the Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.
No extensions
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2012 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order) no extensions shall be erected without the submission and approval of a planning application for that purpose.
no objection to the planning application
make no comment on the merits of the application but ask for an informative note be attached to any approval
