5 June 2013 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated authority)
Mountain View, Main Road, Ballaugh, Isle Of Man, IM7 5ef
The proposal is for a modest timber shed measuring 6m wide by 4.8m deep with a pitched roof to 3.2m high, for storing hay, feed, horse-drawn vehicles and equestrian equipment, sited just under 1.5m from an existing field shelter in a paddock at the rear of Mountain View, a single-storey bungalow.
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 3, which presumes against countryside development except in specified cases, noting no direct provision for a storage shed but acceptable due t…
General Policy 3
Presumes against development outside zoned areas except specified cases like essential agricultural/forestry operations or equestrian-related. Officer noted no direct provision for storage shed but overcome by modest scale, equestrian purpose, and relation to existing shelter.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside ecology unless overriding need and no alternative. Proposal accepted as not adversely affecting countryside given small scale and low visual impact.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value unless no harm to character. Existing shelter partially visible from A3; proposal smaller, matching, low height (3.2m), no harm found.
Environment Policy 19
Permits equestrian buildings in countryside if no amenity loss, no loss of Classes 1-2 ag land, highways ok. Class 3 land, no amenity/highway issues raised.
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 titled Additional Site Location Plan and plan detailing a site plan and elevation drawings of the proposed new timber shed received on 29th April 2013.
no objection to the current planning application
