30 October 2025 · Planning Committee
Mill Holme, Lane From Main Road To Mill Holme Bushys Brewery, Mount Murray, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 1je
The proposal involves replacing an existing dilapidated open-sided storage shed (7.6m x 18.4m, 5m eaves, 6.9m ridge) with a slightly larger portal frame building (8.7m x 18.8m, 6.6m ridge height) clad in green plastisol coated profiled sheet over rendered blockwork walls (2.4m high), for keg storage ancillary to the br…
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The officer acknowledged the site is unzoned rural land with no clear GP3 countryside exception as the existing storage is not redundant but fundamental to the operational brewery business.
Strategic Policy 1a Previously developed land
Requires optimising previously developed land. Officer gave significant weight to this for replacement on existing footprint of long-established brewery site, despite no GP3 countryside exception due to lack of redundancy.
Strategic Policy 5 - Design and visual impact
Addresses design and visual impact. Proposal's scale, green materials, and proportion echoing brewery accepted as improving site landscape, screened from highway.
General Policy 2
Covers visual impact (b&c), amenity (g), highway safety (h&i). All aspects compliant: screened visual improvement, no neighbour/highway harm.
General Policy 3
Allows previously developed land if redundant and improves landscape. Existing storage not redundant, so arguably contrary, but outweighed by history and STP1a.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside character. Site-specific replacement does not adversely affect wider countryside due to screening and existing industrial use.
Environmental Policy 22
Prevents amenity nuisance. No impact on nearest neighbour (Forge Restaurant).
Business Policy 1
Supports business investment. Improved storage facilitates brewery growth.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Use restriction
The use of the building hereby permitted shall be restricted to: (i) Uses incidental to the use of the application site as a Brewery for storage. Reason: To control use of the site in the countryside.
Finishes approval
Prior to the use of the building hereby approved, the proposed replacement building shall be finished in accordance with the approved plans and the specification provided as part of the application. REASON : To ensure the new building respects the use of the site within a countryside location.
No objection
