2 October 2007 · Planning Committee
The Bungalow, Main Road, Ballaugh, Isle Of Man, IM7 5ed
The proposal sought permission to keep an existing access created by removing part of a roadside sod bank and a bush, plus a 1.8m high close-boarded timber fence and gate, to provide additional off-road parking for the bungalow in a rural location on the TT course.
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The Planning Committee refused because the applicant failed to demonstrate sufficient need for an additional vehicular access, and the 1.8m high fencing/gate introduced an 'unduly prominent and incong…
Environment Policy 2
Within AHLVs, protection of landscape character is paramount unless development does not harm landscape quality or location is essential. Officer assessed the access/fence harms character via sod bank removal and incongruous fence; inspector found limited but unjustified harm given alternatives, necessary to resist to meet policy objectives and avoid precedent.
No objection
Do not oppose
Considers that the refusal of the application was totally unreasonable and almost frivolous and time wasting for such a minor matter. The fencing and gate can not be classified as unwarranted development in the countryside and the proposal would enable the provision of additional on site parking where vehicles parked on the road are a traffic hazard.
