**Document:** Farm Workshop Planning Statement
**Application:** 09/00632/B — Erection of a farm workshop building
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2009-07-14
**Parish:** German
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/63131-german-knockaloe-beg-farm-shop/documents/1377301

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# Farm Workshop Planning Statement

## Knockaloe Beg Farm

### Patrick

#### Isle of man

#### Im5 3Aq

### Application for Planning Approval for a 21.7m² Farm Workshop

This application is for a new single storey workshop which will be used to assist with farm maintenance.

The new building will sit in one corner of the farms' walled garden. The following features will apply:

- Floor level will be placed at or just above existing ground level
- The walled garden slopes gently downwards from west to east
- The building will be constructed from 100mm concrete blocks
- The roof will sit on 100 x 100 wall plates and will be covered in slate
- Slates will be fixed to 50 x 25 treated battens, with Tyvec waterproof membrane under
- The roof will be insulated internally with 75mm of Kingspan
- The east and south elevations will be clad in 200 stone cladding
- The west and north elevations will be finished in cement rendering
- A single Sycamore tree's canopy spreads over the roof. The lowest branches of this tree are considerably higher than the workshop roof
- Rainwater drainage will be to a 1m³ soakaway via gutters and downpipes
- Electrical supply will come via an existing underground cable from the main Farmhouse
- New trees will be planted in front of the building

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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/63131-german-knockaloe-beg-farm-shop/documents/1377301*