28 July 2009 · Senior Planning Officer (delegated under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Ganders, Baldhoon Road, Baldhoon, Laxey, Isle Of Man, IM4 7qh
The proposal was for a small-scale 6kW Proven WT6000 wind turbine on a 9m self-supporting galvanised steel grey tower with matt black polypropylene blades and nacelle, sited in a paddock within the residential curtilage of Ganders, a detached bungalow on the southern side of Baldhoon Road in Lonan.
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The officer balanced support for renewable energy against impacts on amenity and countryside protection policies. A bat survey satisfied Wildlife concerns, showing no activity at the site and low coll…
Policy L/OSNC/PR/1
Presumption against development in areas designated as open space or open space for particular purposes. Site in open space/agricultural and high landscape value area; exception applied as renewable energy benefits outweighed general presumption.
General Policy 3
Development not permitted outside zoned areas except for specified exceptions including 'development recognised to be of overriding national need... for which there is no reasonable and acceptable alternative'. Renewable energy fitted exception (g) or (e) location-dependent services.
Environment Policy 1
Countryside protected unless overriding national need outweighs protection and no alternative. Renewable energy provided overriding need; bat survey and visual assessment confirmed no unacceptable harm.
Energy Policy 4
Alternative energy judged against environmental policies; wind installations require EIA but Appendix 5 clarifies minor scale exempt. Assessed compliant after bat survey addressed wildlife concerns.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to drawing no.s 567-1, 567-2 and 567-3 date stamped the 5th September 2008.
Approval / recommends approval
no objection (consulted, no notes indicating objection)
