15 March 2007 · Director of Planning and Building Control (M.I. McCauley)
Thie Chustal, Poortown Road, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 2ar
The proposal sought approval in principle for a single-storey three-bedroom dwelling and garage on the rear garden of Ballaquane Cottage, accessed via a lane from Poortown Road. The site is outside the residential zoning in the Peel Local Plan but adjoins newly developed residential land to the west.
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The site is outside residential zoning and subject to Circular 1/88 discouraging countryside housing except for agricultural needs, which this proposal does not claim.
Residential Development - Houses in the Countryside
Discourages residential development in countryside except for agricultural holdings (para 6); proposal makes no such claim but officer allowed deviation due to adjacent residential zoning/development changing context, no longer an intrusion.
Peel Local Plan approved by Tynwald in 1989
Site outside Residential Town Perimeter and not zoned; however, awkwardly drawn boundary around site adjoins 'Predominantly Residential' land now developed, justifying approval.
draft Isle of Man Strategic Plan
Allows backland development if satisfactory access contrived and adequate amenity space for new/existing dwellings; met via lane access (DOT-approved) and 22m separation.
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, etc) 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 plans and information submitted as part of this application and date stamped 7th November 2006.
Supports the proposal
Do not oppose subject to imposition of conditions on parking, turning, access widening, sight lines, and reserved matters for access
No objection
