**Document:** APL 02 Planning Statement and Photos
**Application:** 23/00072/C — Change of use application for additional use of existing barn as a wedding venue
**Decision:** Application Withdrawn
**Decision Date:** 2023-09-13
**Parish:** Lezayre
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/9909-lezayre-berrag-farm-outbuilding-change-of-use/documents/965108

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# APL 02 Planning Statement and Photos

## Planning Design Statement

![map or plan from page 1](https://images.planningportal.im/2023/01/119465.jpg)

Change of Use Application for Additional Use of Existing Barn Block B as Wedding Venue at Berrag Farm, Sandygate, Ramsey, IM7 3BS

79 Parliament Street
Ramsey
Isle of Man
IM8 1AQ
Tel 01624 810810
Fax 01624 810811
www.csarc.im
mail@csarc.im

Proposed Use – when a wedding is taking place A maximum of 125 guest will be allowed to attend the venue and there will be a maximum of 4 weddings per year. Staff numbers will be minimal and dependant on the individual wedding. A maximum of 10. The proposed venue sits behind the existing dwelling and is afforded multiple parking space options by virtue of a large hardstanding area. The main intended areas have been located onto the attached site plan and demarked in purple.

The music will be stopped at 11pm as agreed with the Police to comply with the noise act. As per the site and location plan there are no immediate neighbours to further reduce any impact by any noise omitted from the venue and users.

architects
development consultants
interior designers
project managers
planning supervisors

Proposed hours of use would be 11am until 12pm but with music being off as above at 11pm.

Guests will organise their own welfare / WC facilities and these will be in the form of portaloos. These will be put in place the day before the wedding and removed the day after.

![A photograph showing a stone barn with large red doors alongside a converted stone dwelling on a grassy plot.](https://images.planningportal.im/2023/01/119466.jpg) The proposed wedding venue will be the barn situated to the right. To the left is an existing tourist unit which will be let out to the wedding party to provide further existing on site facilities.

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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/9909-lezayre-berrag-farm-outbuilding-change-of-use/documents/965108*