3 October 2025
Rowany Cottage, Rowany Drive, Port Erin, Isle Of Man, IM9 6lp
The proposal was for a single storey bungalow with an attached garage on the rear garden of Rowany Cottage in Port Erin, a residential area. The site is a 0.14 hectare well-maintained garden with grassland, hedgerows, planted beds, and shrubs, surrounded by existing dwellings and near Rowany Golf Club.
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Environment Policy 1
Policy protects countryside from development unless overriding national need or no acceptable alternative. Objector cited it against garden loss; no officer assessment as application withdrawn.
Environment Policy 4
Protects species and habitats of national/local importance. Cited in biodiversity plan for birds, bats, common lizard, common frog; mitigation proposed but not assessed by officer.
Multiple neighbouring residents have submitted objections to planning application 25/90179/B, citing loss of light and views, highway safety issues, ecological impacts, inaccuracies in the application, public footpath obstruction, and construction traffic concerns.
Key concern: Right to light violation and loss of views/light to neighbouring property
Resident at 2 Fairway Drive
Objection"our easement of light and view would be completely destroyed"; "Why should light and view be interrupted after 40 years because the applicant decides to build a house in his back garden"; "There is absolutely no visibility from the proposed driveway to the south whether driving or reversing out"; "a subsidiary of Manx Wildlife Trust providing a mitigation report on the destruction of a large garden and all its natural foliage and inhabitants is a complete contradiction in terms"; "A development which would adversely affect the countryside will not be permitted UNLESS there is an overriding national need"
Conditions requested: Boundary extension on public footpath put right to allow proper pedestrian access
Resident at 2 Fairway Drive (follow-up)
Objection"construction of a new dwelling will result in the loss of an area which is currently a garden which may be used by proteted species!"; "two artificial bird boxes and a few planted trees will never replace what is to be destroyed"
Resident at 20 Fairway Close
Conditional No Objection"access for all vehicles, including ambulances and other emergency vehicles, is not impeded by construction vehicles parked on the public highway"; "the situation would likely become most unsatisfactory and hazardous if construction were to be undertaken simultaneously on both sides of the road"
Conditions requested: Impose satisfactory conditions to prevent construction vehicles parking on public highway
