23 April 2024 · Planning Committee
Field 211013, Summerhill Road, Jurby, Isle Of Man, IM7 3br
The proposal involves a timber mono-pitch building measuring 7.2m x 5.5m with heights of 3.1m at the front and 2.4m at the rear, including open shelters for two elderly horses, a stable, and a hay store, on a 5-acre field used for grazing and vegetable growing.
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The proposal was approved as it is small scale, providing only the space necessary to house two elderly applicant's horses with an associated hay store, demonstrating a justified need particularly for…
General Policy 3
Resists development in countryside except specified circumstances; proposal is potential departure but exceptionally allowed under EP21 due to justified equestrian need, sensitive siting, and no harm to character.
General Policy 2
General considerations for development; assessed acceptable in relation to design, siting, and impacts.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside; proposal causes no material harm due to scale, design, and screening.
Environment Policy 14
Class 3 soils, not high quality; small footprint retains agricultural potential for grazing.
Environment Policy 19
No loss of amenity due to distance/vegetation, no highway issues per DOI, Class 3 soils acceptable.
Environment Policy 21
Allows equestrian stabling where no detriment to character by siting/design/size; met due to small scale, timber form, screened location.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Removal if equestrian use ceases
In the event that the stable building approved is no longer used or required for the stabling of horses, the building and its associated support structures shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition within 24 months of the date the use ceased.
Equestrian use only
The building hereby approved must be used only for equestrian purposes. The building may not be used commercially or for private livery use.
No external equestrian storage
For the avoidance of doubt there shall be no permanent siting or any external storage of any horse jumps, horse boxes or any other associated equestrian paraphernalia on the land edged red on the Location Plan and Site Plan received 16 November 2023.
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
Highway Services HDC reviewed multiple planning applications including 23/01355/B and found no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality or parking for this application.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking.
