**Document:** Farm Labour Supplementary Report
**Application:** 06/01877/A — Approval in principle for the erection of a farm workers bungalow
**Decision:** Refused
**Decision Date:** 2007-03-20
**Parish:** Malew
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/81640-malew-field-no-432308-ballavell-farm-dwelling-outline/documents/1225502

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# Farm Labour Supplementary Report

## Supplementary Report

Mr. and Mrs. Colin Duggan and their son run the farm with assistance from Mr. Duggan's sister Brenda and her husband Keith and their son Stephen. Keith comes up every day to wash out the parlour after milking and Stephen is Mr. and Mrs. Duggan's relief tractor driver. Both Keith and Stephen are employed full time outside the farm in non-agricultural employment. Brenda works part-time and helps Mrs. Duggan with the farm. They clearly play a critical part in the running of the farm, particularly when Mr. and Mrs. Duggan may want or need time off, but would probably not now fully comply with the agricultural worker's condition which was attached to the approval in 1980 (IDO 51109 (principle) and 51661 (detail)).

At that time the farm (170 acres) was farmed by Mr. Duggie Duggan and his wife and daughter and her fiancé. Since Colin Duggan has assumed his late father's responsibilities and moved into the main farmhouse and his son has taken a full-time interest in helping his father, others have taken a lesser role in the running of the farm.

I doubt very much, if Mr. Duggan's sister and brother-in-law now contravene the occupancy condition that we could or would take enforcement action to have the property made available for Mr. Colin Duggan's son and in any case, the help they give, even although it is part-time would appear to be invaluable to the running of the farm.

## Isle of Man
### Government

Kreitys Ellen Vannin

Mr & Mrs Duggan

Ballavell Farm
Ballasalla
Isle of Man

[Table omitted in markdown export]
Total livestock 4,734.0

[Table omitted in markdown export]
Total crops 1,038.1 Total livestock 4,734.0 Total crops 1,038.1 Overhead assumption 288.6 assuming 5% overheads allowance Total standard man hours per year 6,060.7 Total labour units required 3.03 assuming 2000 standard labour units per labour unit Produced by the Agricultural Services Division of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry These standards figures are sourced from the SAC Farm Management Handbook 25th edition, published September 2004, page 281

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*Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).*
*Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/81640-malew-field-no-432308-ballavell-farm-dwelling-outline/documents/1225502*