10 May 2004 · Planning Committee (Review Decision)
Proposed Agricultural Dwelling Ballamenagh Beg Jurby Road Sandygate Ramsey Isle Of Man
The proposal sought approval in principle for a new dwelling to house Mr A Cleator, who works full-time on the family farm and needs to live on-site due to marriage and his father's health issues.
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The officer assessed the farm's scale—265 acres with 300+ cattle (30 breeding cows, 260 finished annually) and 65 acres barley—as justifying two full-time workers and thus two dwellings, agreeing with…
Planning Circular 3/88 - New Agricultural Dwellings
Requires proof of functional/essential need for on-site worker, unsuitable existing accommodation, and suitable siting. Officer confirmed all tests met via DAFF verification of farm enterprise scale, post-marriage housing need, and adjacency to existing farm.
Planning Circular 3/91
Requires modest traditional farmhouse design per policies 2-7. Condition C3 defers detailed assessment to reserved matters stage.
Time limit for reserved matters
This approval is in principle only and will remain valid for a period of two years within which time no development may take place until such time as details of the reserved matters (siting, design, external appearance, internal layout, means of access, landscaping) have been approved by the Planning Authority. Such reserved matters should form the subject of a single application.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the location plan date stamped the 27th February 2004.
Design requirements
The dwelling must be a modest traditional farmhouse designed in accordance with policies 2-7 inclusive of Planning Circular 3/91 "Guide to the Design of Residential Development in the Countryside".
Curtilage definition
The residential curtilage of the dwelling is hereby defined as that outlined in red on the 1:1250 location plan date stamped the 27th February 2004.
Permission beneficiary
This permission shall inure for the benefit of Mr A Cleator of Ballamenagh Farm, Jurby.
Occupancy restriction
The subsequent occupation of the dwelling by any person(s) other than Mr A Cleator or his immediate dependants is limited to those employed in or last employed and retired from full-time agricultural work.
no views, no adverse traffic impacts
no objection, note to contact for water connection
farm justifies two full-time persons and two dwellings
full support for young farmer, agricultural industry encouragement
