27 June 2019 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Ballaskilley, Lhen Road, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4bg
The site is the curtilage of Ballaskilley, a traditional two-storey Manx farmhouse on Lhen Road in Bride, within countryside designated as High Landscape Value and Scenic Significance. The proposal involves infilling the existing porch on the rear elevation with a new window and building a detached garage (9m width x 6…
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The site is in countryside where development is restricted to protect it for its own sake, per GP3, ENV1, and ENV2, and the proposal does not fall within listed exceptions, but detached garages have b…
General Policy 3
Restricts development outside zoned areas except for specific exceptions like agricultural housing or conversions; proposal does not qualify but accepted due to precedent for garaging with no undue countryside impact.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside for its own sake, no development adversely affecting it unless overriding need; garage and infill found not to harm due to screening and subordination.
Environment Policy 2
Protects Areas of High Landscape Value/Scenic Significance unless no harm to character; development assessed as not harming character due to screening, scale, and positioning.
Housing Policy 15
Extensions to traditional countryside properties must respect proportion, form, appearance, limited to 50% floorspace exceptionally; porch infill complies as minor, beneficial design matching existing.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Residential use only
The garage hereby approved may be used only in association with the main dwelling house "Ballaskilley" and for purposes incidental to the use of main dwelling house "Ballaskilley" as a single dwelling, for no commercial purposes and only in accordance with the internal layout shown on plan 101 received on the 15th May 2019. Reason: The garage has been approved on the basis as being used in connection with the residential property "Ballaskilley" and for no other use.
do not object
Highways Development Control responded with no objection to the proposals, stating no negative highways impacts.
Highway Services Division
No ObjectionThe proposals do not appear to have any negative highways impacts and are therefore considered acceptable from a highway's aspect.; Recommendation: DNO
