23 May 2012 · Senior Planning Officer under delegated authority
Isle Of Man Education, Rushen Primary School, Church Road, Port St. Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5lw
The proposal involves erecting a polytunnel measuring 3 metres wide, 8 metres deep and 2 metres high on the school field southwest of the main school building, adjacent to a public telephone box, to form part of the school garden.
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The officer considered the main issue to be whether the polytunnel would have a significant visual impact upon the street scene.
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with land-use zoning (here primary school) to respect site surroundings in siting, scale, form; not adversely affect landscape/townscape character, amenity, highways, or wildlife; provide safe access; etc. Officer assessed the polytunnel's small scale, siting in existing school garden area, and limited visual impact as compliant, with no adverse effects on amenity, character, or highways.
Environment Policy 17
Permits buildings/facilities for nurseries/market gardens if scale/form in keeping with surroundings, no unacceptable impact on residential amenity/highways, no adverse character impact or major highway changes, and screened if appropriate. Though for a school garden, officer applied it to the polytunnel, finding its modest size acceptable visually and with no amenity/highway issues, despite limited screening.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the erection of a polytunnel as proposed in the submitted documents which are date-stamped 2nd April 2012.
Removal if redundant
In the event of the polytunnel permitted under this approval becoming redundant they must all be removed from the site within 3 months of the cessation of use and the land restored back to its existing use.
no objections to the application
no objections
Both Rushen Parish Commissioners and Port St Mary Commissioners raised no objections to the erection of a polytunnel at Rushen Primary School (PA12/00508/B).
Rushen Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionNo objections.
Port St Mary Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Commissioners have on objections to PA12/00508/B.
