19 June 2007 · Planning Committee
Close Mooar, Glen Darragh Road, Glen Vine, Isle Of Man, IM4 4be
The proposal sought approval in principle for two detached family dwellings on a paddock/field used as private garden, located between Glen Darragh Road, the Heritage Trail (former railway), and the existing dwelling Close Mooar south of Glen Vine.
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The officer assessed the site as on the edge of built development in open countryside per the 1982 Development Plan Order, visible from the former railway line and Glen Darragh Road, making developmen…
Planning Circular 1/88 'Residential Development - Houses in the Countryside'
Supports keeping open countryside areas substantially free from development. Officer applied to refuse due to site's visibility and edge-of-settlement location, overriding nearby precedents as insufficient to justify breach.
Do not oppose
No objection in principle
No objection to principle provided dwellings are eco-friendly, noting existing development and railway as natural boundary
Standard note on water supply connection required
Multiple consultees responded to application 07/00623/A for approval in principle for two dwellings at Field South of Close Mooar, Glen Darragh Road, Glen Vine, Marown, with statutory bodies generally raising no objection subject to standard conditions, while the parish condition…
Key concern: land outside residential zoning in Nature Conservation Zone
Isle of Man Water Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThe Authority wish to express their interest in the following planning applications, and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority to ensure that a connection is obtained for water supply purposes
Conditions requested: condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority to ensure that a connection is obtained for water supply purposes, or an amendment to the existing supply under the terms of the Water Supply Byelaws; For connections that comprise more than a single connection to a water main or service, or where new water mains and hydrants will be required, the applicant should contact the IoMWA Planning and Projects Section, tel. 69 59 58
Marown Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have objected to previous applications for this site on the grounds that this area is not currently zoned for housing; having regard to the recent approvals for “in-fill” development in this area, the Commissioners do not feel disposed to object formally to the revised proposal
Department of Transport Highways Division
No Objectionthe Department of Transport, Highway’s Division is satisfied with the provision of sight lines of 2.4 metres by 70 metres for the proposed new access; the Department of Transport no longer requires a footpath for this proposal, having reduced the number of dwellings to two
Conditions requested: a two metre wide verge should be provided across the frontage of the site, from the proposed access to the edge of the site boundary in the direction of St Marks
Department of Transport Drainage Division
No ObjectionNo Objection in principle
Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside & Environment
ObjectionThe Society STRONGLY OBJECTS to any development thereon; We see no reason to alter that decision as the land has not been re-zoned in the interim. The Society continues to STRONGLY OBJECT
Andrew Jessopp
Conditional No ObjectionI note that there is a material reason to object to the principle of this application in that the land is not zoned for development; taking into account the existing development, and that the disused railway would appear to act as a 'natural' boundary to the settlement of Glen Vine in this vicinity, I would have no objection to the principle of this application provided the approved dwellings were genuinely 'eco-friendly' in design and build
Conditions requested: provided the approved dwellings were genuinely 'eco-friendly' in design and build
