17 December 2009 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Sunridge, Glen Rushen Road, Glen Maye, Isle Of Man, IM5 3ba
The proposal involved scraping off surface vegetation and earth to reinstate an existing but overgrown track providing access by foot or quad bike to approximately 11 acres of applicant's fields for small-scale agricultural use such as vegetable production or grazing.
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The officer judged the proposal qualifies under General Policy 3(f) as engineering operations essential for agriculture, providing the only access to the land for farming, with DAFF confirming some ag…
General Policy 3
Requires development outside zoned areas only exceptionally permitted, including building/engineering essential for agriculture/forestry. Officer assessed the track reinstatement as such, providing only access to fields for farming, with DAFF-noted benefits outweighing countryside restrictions.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from developments adversely affecting it unless overriding need and no alternative. Officer found low-scale reprofiling without surfacing has very little visual impact and quickly revegetates, not adversely affecting countryside.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape Value/Scenic Significance unless no harm to character or location essential. Officer judged works have limited impact, do not harm landscape quality, and location essential for agricultural access to flatter areas.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval is for the reinstatement of track, land associated with Sunridge, Glen Rushen Road, Glen Maye, Patrick as shown by LP1, SP1, OP1, PH1-3 and Planning Detail all received 30th July 2009.
Agricultural use only
The track must be used only for agricultural purposes.
No surfacing
No approval is granted or inferred for the surfacing of the track.
Do not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
no comment
no specific wildlife/conservation issues; no adverse impact upon habitats or species
