26 November 2015 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Sarah Corlett)
Ballavar Farm, Old Castletown Road, Santon, Isle Of Man, IM4 1ey
The site at Ballavar Farm on Old Castletown Road, Santon, includes a two-storey detached dwelling, fields totalling about 4 hectares, and a derelict single-storey stone outbuilding. The proposal alters and extends this outbuilding by removing the corrugated metal roof and installing a natural slate roof (ridge height j…
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The officer assessed the proposal against General Policy 3(f) and Environment Policy 15, which permit buildings essential for agriculture in the countryside if need outweighs general restrictions and …
General Policy 3
Permits development outside zoned areas for buildings essential for agriculture or forestry. Officer applied paragraph (f) to assess if the extension was essential for agricultural conduct on the 4ha site with livestock grazing.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside ecology unless overriding national need with no alternative. Officer found the agricultural exception under GP3 satisfied this by justifying the need.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value (site location) unless no harm to character or essential location. Extension's limited visibility and matching design ensured no harm.
Environment Policy 15
For agricultural buildings, requires proof of need outweighing countryside restrictions, siting near existing groups, and appropriate scale/materials/siting. Officer confirmed need, close siting to existing outbuilding, and sympathetic form (stone/slate, low height).
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.
Agricultural/equestrian use only
The building must be used only for agricultural or equestrian purposes. Reason: The countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
do not oppose the current planning application
DOI Highways provided a consultation response with no objection to the application.
DOI Highways
No ObjectionDo not oppose; DNO on 30.9.15
