Barroose Farm Application Statement

Received 23.8.05 DoLGE05 01603 Town and Country Planning Acts 1984 to 1999 PLANNING and BUILDING CONTROL DIRECTORATE

RECEIVED ON 23 AUG 2005 DEPT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT

'In Principle' Planning Application

for

Re-development of Redundant Quarry & Agricultural Storage Sheds

Baroose Farm, Baroose Rd, Baldrine, IM4 6AR.

into

Single Residential Dwelling

Application Statement.

Kay Associates

Initial Decision	R	7/10/05 AM
Review Decision	R	2/12/05 AM
Appeal Decision
Amended

Application Statement

The site of the proposal is identified on Drwg.No. K056/P/10-01. Historically, the site was used in the distant past as a quarry and more recently as agricultural storage sheds in connection with Baroose Farm. The quarry area has become overgrown, and as Photo. No.8 below indicates, has not been worked for a significant period of time.

A photograph showing a weathered agricultural shed or barn situated in an overgrown, grassy field with a view of the sea in the background.

With changes in the patterns of agricultural usage, the farm had become redundant, with the land taken into adjacent farms or leased, and the original farm buildings have been converted and refurbished for use as a large private residential dwelling. Photo. No.'s 2 and 9 show the original farm buildings and their current residential nature.

A photograph showing a white two-storey detached house with a pitched roof and skylights, situated behind a wooden picket fence in a rural setting.

Photo No.2 – View Towards Baroose House

Photo No.9 – View Towards Baroose House

A photograph showing a rural street scene with a white house, a blue metal gate, and a larger white building with a caravan parked nearby.

The applicant currently resides in the bungalow, a large single storey dwelling formerly associated with the farm, which he purchased over ten years ago, and which is now becoming too large for his personal needs. As Photograph No.'s 5 and 6 clearly show, this building is fully of a domestic residential nature, having little or no agricultural impression or usage.

Photo No. 5 – View of Bungalow at Baroose Farm

Photo No.6 – View Towards Bungalow at Baroose Farm.

A photograph showing a single-story detached bungalow with a large conservatory extension situated on a grassy slope under a blue sky.

A view of a detached house situated on a grassy slope with a stone wall and driveway in the foreground, likely a visualization of the proposed dwelling.

In addition, the applicant owns the agricultural storage sheds and former quarry area in which they are situated. These sheds are of varying age and condition, but all are of an industrial type of construction, and are of an 'of the shelf' nature, with steel frames and trusses, with a corrugated sheet cladding in a mix of materials. The sheds are in poor condition, and are unsightly and out of character with the residential dwellings between which they are located. Photo. No's 1, 3, 4 and 7 indicate the condition and nature of the sheds.

Photo No.'s 1 & 3 – Views of Former Agricultural Storage Sheds.

A photograph showing a large agricultural silo labeled 'HOWARD STORMOIST' alongside a long, open-sided metal barn structure on a rural site.

A photograph showing a large, weathered agricultural shed with corrugated metal cladding and open bays, situated on a concrete yard.

Photo No.4 – View of Former Agricultural Storage Shed

Photo No.7 – View of Former Agricultural Shed.

A photograph showing a long, single-story agricultural shed with corrugated metal cladding and a stone plinth, situated next to a large tree.

A photograph showing an existing agricultural shed with a rusty corrugated roof, surrounded by overgrown vegetation on a sloping site.

Proposals.

Given that the existing bungalow is becoming too large for the applicant's needs, that the sheds are in poor condition, are suffering wind damage and are costly to maintain, with no economic usage, the applicant seeks permission to demolish the existing sheds and erect a new dwelling on the site for his own residential use.

The applicant believes that the site is no longer of an agricultural nature, and that the type and age of the existing buildings is such that they have a limited lifespan, and are not capable of conversion to any useful purpose. Similarly, the buildings have little or no architectural or historic merit, being essentially proprietary agricultural sheds.

The proposal is to demolish the existing sheds and to build a new smaller dwelling in their place for his personal use. In doing this, the applicant also wishes to take advantage of modern eco-friendly design and construction methods, and would like to create a part earth sheltered building, which is nestled back into the bank of the quarry, with an earth roof, geo-thermal and solar heating and water heating, and with harvesting of rain for grey water usage within the building.

The applicant notes that this would be outside the normal design guidance for building in the countryside, but believes that this is not the type of building that could be copied in large numbers, partly because it will be a response to the individual quarry site, and because of the likely expense of executing the design.

Visually, it is anticipated that the building may be similar to the visitor's centre at the Calf of Man, with a Manx Stone plinth to the lower floor, a largely glazed upper floor to take advantage of the panoramic views from the site, and to maximise solar gain, and with a shallow pitched grass and earth roof. The visual impact of such a development will, the applicant believes, be extremely low, and the building will only be subject to very distant views from other properties over half a mile away, and will be sited well back into the bank, away from the two existing buildings of the former Baroose Farm.

The applicant notes that the Planning Department has allowed some departures from the guidance for new houses within the countryside in the past, with the Roundhouse at Santon being a prime example, and would ask the Planning Committee to consider that this proposal may have a very positive impact on the surroundings and the environment, and will substantially improve the views of the existing location with its dilapidated agricultural sheds.

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Barroose Farm Application Statement

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