Approval in principle for the development of Residential, Industrial and Open Space uses

Refusal Reasons

• ✗The planning application includes land (field 134281) that is not designated for development under the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Ramsey Local Plan) (No. 2) Order 1998, the Isle of Man Planning Scheme (Development Plan) Provisional Order 1982 or the West Ramsey Development Framework. As such, the development proposed by the planning application is partially contrary to the land use designation under the aforementioned documents and the presumption against development set out Strategic Policy 2 & 11, Spatial Policy 5, General Policy 1, 2 & 3, and Housing Policy 2 & 4 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007.
• ✗The development proposed by the planning application is contrary to the phasing requirements set out within section 17.0 of the West Ramsey Development Framework. The granting of planning approval would fail to have proper regard to the phasing of the overall development of this land and therefore be contrary to the relevant planning policy background and the principles of good land use planning. Specifically: No extant planning approval exists for the development of area 1 and the provision of the distributor road... reliance on this sole access... unacceptable; and The development approved on areas 2, 3 & 4 is not substantially complete...
• ✗The Residential Land Availability Study (Update 2 2009) indicates that 92 residential units are needed within the North to meet the housing target contained within the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007. Given the size and estimated residential yield of the land contained within the application site the granting of planning approval would cause a supply of residential units that far exceeded the housing target set out within the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007. As such, the proposed development is contrary to the provisions of Housing Policy 1, Housing Policy 2 and Housing Policy 3 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 and premature.