Approval in principle for the erection of two detached dwellings

Refusal Reasons

• ✗Under the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005 the application site is located within wider areas of land that is designated as a) open space; b) high landscape value and scenic significance; and c) ecological interest. In respect of a) the application site is neither zoned for residential development nor does the proposed development represent the erection of replacement dwellings nor is there appropriate agricultural need for the proposed dwellings. As such the principle of the residential development of the application site is contrary to policy L/RES/PR/1 of the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005 and the provisions of Planning Circular 1/88, which seek to protect the countryside from unwarranted residential development. In respect of b) the development of the application site is contrary to provisions of policy L/OSNC/PR/1 of the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005, which sets out a presumption against development and seeks to protect existing areas of open space within the plan area from unwarranted encroachment. In respect of c) the development of the application site is contrary to the provisions of policy L/OSNC/PR/3 of the Laxey and Lonan Area Plan Order 2005, which seeks to preserve sites of ecological interest and protect them from detrimental development.