17 March 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner Chris Balmer
Field 134001, Bride Road, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ad
The application sought permission to erect a 12m x 7m monopitch shed (4m high at front, 2.8m at rear) with green corrugated steel roof and timber-effect cladding walls, plus a 26m x 16m hardstanding area and 2m deep excavation in the southern end of Field 134001, an exposed agricultural field adjacent to the A10 Bride …
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The officer concluded there was no sufficient justification or evidence of overriding agricultural need for the shed, as no details were provided on the type of agricultural operation, farm location, …
General Policy 3
Requires no development outside zoned areas except essential agricultural buildings under (f). Officer found no evidence of agricultural need, operation details, or why no alternative site near existing buildings, failing to justify exception despite field location.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside for its own sake unless overriding national need with no alternative. Proposal's visual intrusion from highway in open field harmed character, with no overriding need demonstrated.
Environment Policy 15
Permits agricultural buildings if need outweighs countryside policy, sited near building groups, sympathetic in scale/form, and landscaped if exposed. Site was isolated/exposed, not near groups, and not sympathetic despite materials; need unproven.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value unless no harm or essential location. Development in AHLV would harm open character; location not essential.
Environment Policy 4
Protects biodiversity. No ecological info or drainage details (e.g. percolation tests) provided, risking pollution from excavation/runoff to adjacent Marine Nature Reserve.
Strategic Policy 4
Requires protection of landscape/nature value especially near designations, and no pollution. Failed due to landscape harm and potential drainage pollution to Marine Nature Reserve.
Do not oppose the application... no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.
Highway Services HDC raised no objection to the application. Lezayre Parish Commissioners objected unanimously due to lack of zoning and insufficient justification for agricultural need. DOI Highways Drainage recommended conditions to prevent surface water runoff onto the highway.
Key concern: The land is not zoned for development
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.
Lezayre Parish Commissioners
ObjectionRefused Unanimous; The land is not zoned for development. The applicant has not explained the agricultural need for the shed, as mentioned above. Could the applicant please give more background information for the agricultural need.
Conditions requested: Could the applicant please give more background information for the agricultural need.
Department of Infrastructure Highways Drainage
Conditional No ObjectionAllowing surface water runoff onto a public highway would contravene Section 58 of the Highway Act 1986 and guidance contained in section 11.3.11 of the Manual for Manx Roads.; Recommendation: The applicant should provide details demonstrating compliance with the above conditions.
Conditions requested: The applicant should provide details demonstrating compliance with the above conditions.
