13 May 2015 · Director of Planning and Building Control (delegated)
Ballamoar Farmhouse, Cranstal, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4bp
The site is part of Field 110275 at Ballamoar Farmhouse, accessed off Point of Ayre Road, supporting a smallholding with sheep, geese, ducks, hens, a donkey, cats and beehives, plus existing structures like an approved polytunnel and unauthorised metal container.
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The officer determined there was essential agricultural need under General Policy 3(f), as the smallholding lacks storage or shelter beyond an unauthorised container, confirmed by site visit showing a…
General Policy 3
Permits building essential for agriculture outside zoned areas. Officer assessed applicant's statement and site visit evidence as demonstrating need for feed storage, animal shelter and equipment in absence of existing facilities, enabling smallholding consolidation and expansion.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside ecology unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer found agricultural need outweighed protection, with proposal not adversely affecting countryside due to screening and limited visibility.
Environment Policy 2
Prioritises landscape character protection in AHLV unless no harm or essential location. Building set into slope, screened by farmhouse/topography, modest scale and materials ensure no harm to High Landscape Value area's openness and isolated dwellings.
Environment Policy 15
Requires agricultural buildings sited near groups, appropriate scale/form, sympathetic to landscape, minimal residential impact. Proposal near farmhouse, 16m from Swallows Landing at oblique angle, low visual impact from set-down; odour balanced against best landscape siting and existing farm use.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Wall painting
The external walls of the building hereby approved shall, within 28 days of the substantial completion of the building, be painted dark green unless otherwise approved in advance by the Department. Reason: In the interest of protecting the visual amenity of the area.
Remove storage container
The storage container annotated on approved plan 02 Rev A as "Denotes outline of existing shipping container to be removed" shall be removed within 28 days of the substantial completion of the building hereby approved. Reason: The storage container is in place without planning approval and its removal would be in the interest of protecting the visual amenity of the area.
Cessation of agricultural use
The agricultural building hereby approved shall be removed and the ground restored to its former condition in the event that it is no longer used or required for agricultural purposes. Reason: The building has been exceptionally approved solely to meet agricultural need and its subsequent retention would result in an unwarranted intrusion in the countryside.
offered no objection to the proposal
Bride Commissioners have no objections to application 15/00163/B.
Bride Commissioners
No Objection15/00163/B has no objections
