28 May 2013 · Senior Planning Officer under delegated authority (decision notice issued by M Gallagher, Director of Planning and Building Control)
Orrisdale Farm, Orrisdale Road, Ballasalla, Isle Of Man, IM9 3ae
The proposal involves converting a large, structurally sound traditional Manx stone barn within the farmyard of Orrisdale Farm into three self-contained holiday cottages, retaining existing openings and providing eight parking spaces in the front yard.
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The officer assessed the barn as structurally sound based on a submitted report confirming good wall condition and suitability for conversion, with a site visit verifying this.
General Policy 3
Permits development outside zoned areas for conversion of redundant rural buildings of architectural/historic/social value (cross-referencing HP11). Officer assessed the barn as qualifying exception (b), being redundant, intact, of interest, and convertible without adverse countryside impact.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from adverse development unless overriding need and no alternative. Site in open space/countryside; officer found conversion acceptable as it reuses redundant building without harming ecology or landscape, respecting traditional farm character.
Housing Policy 11
Allows rural building conversions to dwellings/tourist units if redundant, structurally sound, of interest, suitable size, compatible uses, serviced adequately, and using original materials/appearance. Barn met all tests: redundancy for agriculture established, structurally capable per report/site visit, traditional stone of interest, fits three units retaining character, compatible with farm, no public cost issues.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in full accordance with the following plans K/39/3B, K/7881/6, K/788/7, K/7881/9 and K/39/8 received on 12th April 2013.
Closing existing access
Prior to the commencement of development details of the means of permanently closing the existing access shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Division. Thereafter, prior to the first use of any of the three units as tourist accommodation the access shown in K/39/8 date stamped 12th April 2013 must be closed off and made no longer usable by motor vehicle in accordance with the agreed scheme.
Holiday let restrictions
Between 1st March and 1st October in any one year the holiday accommodation hereby approved must be used only for individual lets not exceeding four weeks in duration. Outside this period longer lets to tourists are permissible. For the avoidance of doubt, no approval should hereby be inferred to the use of the new accommodation as one or more separate dwellings.
Hedge reinstatement
The section of hedge removed to provide visibility splays must be re-aligned as shown in drawing K/39/8 date stamped 12th April 2013 within the first planting season following the creation of the access and maintained thereafter. Should any part of the hedge die, be removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased it must be replaced in the next planting season with hedging of a similar size and species.
satisfied that it meets highways policies and standards
do not object on condition that the access should be limited to this proposed development only and the existing access be closed off. Also a landscaping scheme is implemented
