Officer Planning Report 09/01873/B

Application No.: 09/01873/B Applicant: Mr Paul Herold Lee Young Proposal: Erection of a timber shed Site Address: Ardwhallin Outdoor Education Centre, West Baldwin, Isle Of Man, IM4 5EU ### Considerations Case Officer: Mr A Holmes Photo Taken: - Site Visit: - Expected Decision Level: Senior Planning Officer ### Written Representations ### Consultations Consultee: Highways Division Notes: Consultee: Braddan Parish Commissioners Notes: No objection Consultee: Manx Electricity Authority Notes:** Interest expressed

Officer's Report

The Application Site And Proposed Development

The application site comprises the curtilage of Ardwhallin Outdoor Education Centre in Braddan.

The proposed development comprises the erection of a timber shed within the site.

Planning History

Whilst the application site has been the subject of previous planning applications it is considered that none of these are specifically material to the assessment of this current planning application.

Representations

Braddan Parish Commissioners recommend that the planning application be approved.

The Manx Electricity Authority expresses an interest in the planning application.

Planning Policy

In terms of local plan policy, the application site is located within a wider of land that is designated as open space under the Braddan Parish District Local Plan.

In terms of strategic plan policy, the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 contains one policy that is considered specifically material to the assessment of this current planning application.

General Policy 3 states:

Development will not be permitted outside of those areas which are zoned for development on the appropriate Area Plan with the exception of: (a) essential housing for agricultural workers who have to live close to their place of work; (Housing Policies 7, 8, 9 and 10); (b) conversion of redundant rural buildings which are of architectural, historic, or social value and interest; (Housing Policy 11);

• (c) previously developed land which contains a significant amount of building; where the continued use is redundant; where redevelopment would reduce the impact of the current situation on the landscape or the

wider environment; and where the development proposed would result in improvements to the landscape or wider environment;

• (d) the replacement of existing rural dwellings; (Housing Policies 12, 13 and 14);
• (e) location-dependent development in connection with the working of minerals or the provision of necessary services;
• (f) building and engineering operations which are essential for the conduct of agriculture or forestry;
• (g) development recognised to be of overriding national need in land use planning terms and for which there is no reasonable and acceptable alternative; and
• (h) buildings or works required for interpretation of the countryside, its wildlife or heritage.

ASSESSMENT

The planning application seeks approval for the erection of a timber shed within the site.

The proposed shed is relatively modest in scale and clearly connected to the overall operation of the site as the outdoor education centre. As such, it is considered that its impact is limited and that it is a building required for the interpretation of the site.

It is recommended that the planning application be approved.

PARTY STATUS

It is considered that the following parties that made representations to the planning application meet the criteria of Government Circular 1/06 and should be afforded interested party status:

Braddan Parish Commissioners

It is considered that the following parties that made representations to the planning application do not meet the criteria of Government Circular 1/06 and should not be afforded interested party status:

The Manx Electricity Authority

Recommendation

Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 05.01.2010 Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal

C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal

• : Notes attached to refusals

C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

C 2. This approval relates to the location plan, site plan and elevation plan date stamped the 17th November 2009.

I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular No 09/09 Delegation of functions, 10/09 Delegation of Functions (Development Procedure), GC No 11/09 (Advertisements) and GC No 12/09 (Registered Buildings) all to the Senior Planning Officer

Decision Made : Permitted Date : 2010

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