11 August 2021 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Balnahow Farmhouse, Balnahowe, Santon, Isle Of Man, IM4 1hn
The application sought permission to erect a prefabricated timber garage measuring 10m x 6m x 5.4m high (4m eaves) on Field 514114, a former farm spoil heap now paddock land northeast of the existing dwellings at Balnahow Farm complex.
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The officer determined the site is not zoned for development and lies outside the approved residential curtilages of the Balnahow Farm complex, as established by previous approvals like PA 19/01049/B …
General Policy 3
Requires development only in zoned areas except previously developed land meeting strict criteria (e.g. redundant structures reducing landscape impact). Officer found site fails as former agricultural land/spoil heap not qualifying as previously developed; detached from curtilages per prior approvals, constituting new countryside intrusion without justification.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside outside settlements/zones unless overriding national need outweighs harm with no alternative. Garage lacks essential need, would adversely affect countryside via visual intrusion; no national imperative identified, rendering it unacceptable.
Do not oppose
Highways Division does not oppose the application, finding no significant negative impact on highway safety, network efficiency, or parking. Santon Commissioners report comments about increased traffic on a single track road from the whole development but state it is not a specific objection to the garage.
Key concern: increased traffic on a single track road
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services find it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network efficiency and /or parking.; The Applicant is advised that a licence may be necessary for the positioning of equipment and materials in the highway.
Santon Commissioners
No Objectionwe have received a number of comments regarding this whole development and the increased traffic on a single track road.; This is not a specific objection to the garage.
