22 September 2021 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Abigail Morgan)
Primrose Lodge, Slieu Lewaigue, Lewaigue, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 1bh
Primrose Lodge is a two-storey modern dwelling with a converted traditional Manx stone barn, located in a rural setting west of the A2 road near Ramsey, within an Area of High Landscape or Coastal Value.
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The officer assessed the proposal against Policy 8 of Planning Circular 3/91, which permits sensitive use of 19th-century fashionable features like decorative mouldings and porticos on larger isolated…
Housing Policy 15
Requires extensions or alterations of traditionally styled countryside properties to respect proportion, form, and appearance; limits to 50% of existing floor space except exceptionally. Officer assessed the decorative mouldings and portico as minor changes fitting a modern property retaining traditional features, on a larger isolated house.
Policy 8 of Planning Circular 3/91
Permits restrained 19th-century features (e.g. mouldings, porticos) on larger isolated countryside houses. Officer confirmed Primrose Lodge meets criteria as isolated (150m+ to neighbour), in own grounds, openly visible from road.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting, scale, form, design; considers amenity, character, highways. Officer noted no issues with these general controls.
Environment Policy 1
Prevents development adversely affecting sites except exceptionally. No adverse site impacts identified.
Environment Policy 2
Prevents harm to character of Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value. Proposal deemed not harmful given minor scale.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Materials approval
No development shall commence until a schedule of materials and finishes and samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the mouldings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
No Highways Interest.
The consensus was that the changes were minor and therefore there are no objections from the Board.
Garff Commissioners raised no objections to the amended plans despite some members noting a more 'urban' character, and DOI Highways confirmed no highways interest.
Key concern: additional detailing would tend to give this rural dwelling a more ‘urban’ character
Garff Commissioners
No ObjectionSome Members felt that the additional detailing would tend to give this rural dwelling a more ‘urban’ character. The consensus, however, was that the changes were minor and therefor there are no objections from the Board.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI
