SPMCE Planning Comments

Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside & Environment

06/02171/B

Erection of a farm workers dwelling with detached garage, Part Of Field 224211 Off Cronk Road

BALLAUGH

06/02156/B

Erection of a dwelling, Land Adjoining Knock Y Wyllin West Baldwin

BRADDAN

06/02141/REM

Reserved matters application to convert existing disused farm buildings into four tourist accommodation units, with associated services, drainage, access and parking, Disused Farm Buildings At Ballamin Farm Lhen Road

BRIDE

06/02157/R

Continued use of a commercial kitchen out building as ancillary accommodation, Ballaleece Farm Peel Road St Johns

GERMAN

FOUNDED 1938 PATRON CHAIRMAN HON. SECRETARY REGD. CHARITY (IOM) No.391 HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CHARLES FLYNN 31, FIRST AVENUE DOUGLAS MRS. M.B. CRELLIN CRONK ny GREINEY GLASHEN CLOSE, BALLASALLA, MALEW WEBSITE www.spmce.com

ON PLANNING ISSUES PLEASE REPLY TO S.P.M.C.&E C/O GLEBE COTTAGE, MAUGHOLD, IM7 1AS Phone 815748 Email: [email protected]

Secretary to the Planning Committee, Department of Planning & the Environment, Murray House, DOUGLAS

Dear Ms. Callow,

SPMC&E VIEWS ON APPLICATIONS from WEEKLY LIST 2006/50-- SHEET 1 as sent List dated 21/12/06 Date of this response 21/12/06

The submitted plan shows c.30 acres but the application refers to 700, so where is the rest? Even with 700 acres we find it difficult to believe that 6 full-time workers are justified. The farm surrounding our house must be nearly this big but is largely run by one person with only occasional help with lambing or harvest. Our Grandson works on a holding of c.1000 acres in Cheshire and there are only 4 workers. (2 of them Polish) The only good thing about this proposed new dwelling in the countryside is that it is grouped on the edge of a small ‘settlement’ though at the moment there is no Policy supporting this. The Society OBJECTS as not being satisfied as to the full-time agricultural need for an additional dwelling when there are 3 dwellings already belonging to the holding.

The case for this is entirely based on the draft Braddan Local Plan which is not adopted and now seems unlikely to be. The Society therefore OBJECTS to an unwarranted new house in the countryside.

The A-i-P quoted relates to only two units whilst the details relate to four. We suggest that the application is therefore INVALID.

There is some connection, we suspect, with 06/1846, the outcome of which we are unaware. The application and plans suggest this is really a Change of Use proposal, to convert this building into an ancillary dwelling from a commercial kitchen? If this is an alternative to the new dwelling proposed in 06/1846, we would welcome it.