28 April 2022 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
Ballacaroon, Mount Rule, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM4 4hw
The proposal is for a small timber-clad sauna building measuring 3.6m wide, 2.4m deep and 2.6m high within the 0.5ha residential curtilage of Ballacaroon, a recently constructed dwelling in the countryside near the A23 West Baldwin Road and Mount Rule Equestrian Centre.
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The officer determined the principle of development acceptable as a single storey garden building within an established residential curtilage in the countryside, justifying it under Environment Policy…
Spatial Policy 5
Requires new development within defined settlements, with countryside development only per General Policy 3. The officer noted the site is unzoned but assessed the garden building as ancillary to residential use, leading to consideration of Environment Policy 1 principles.
General Policy 3
Applicable to unzoned countryside land per Spatial Policy 5. As a minor garden structure, it met the tests via Environment Policy 1 assessment, with no adverse countryside impact.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside from adverse development unless overriding national need and no alternative. The proposal was justified as it would not harm the countryside visually, due to design, scale, screening, and location, outweighing protection presumption.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
do not object
no highway implications
no objection
Highway Services Division, Braddan Parish Commissioners, and DEFA Fisheries all raised no objections to application 22/00238/B, with DEFA Fisheries noting a condition regarding sauna discharge.
Highway Services Division
No Objectionthere is no highways HDC interest (NHI) in: 22/00238/B
Braddan Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners considered the following planning applications at their meeting on 10 March 2022 and I can confirm that they had no objection to any of them:- PA22/00238/B - Erection of a single storey stand alone sauna building
DEFA Fisheries
Conditional No ObjectionDEFA Fisheries have no concerns in relation to this development from a fisheries perspective as long as the proposed sauna discharge has no adverse effect on the adjacent watercourse.
Conditions requested: proposed sauna discharge has no adverse effect on the adjacent watercourse
