25 February 2026 · Planning Committee
West Nappin Farm, Jurby West, Isle Of Man, IM7 3at
The proposal involves converting a single-storey traditional Manx stone barn with slate roof at West Nappin Farm into an events venue for private functions like weddings, corporate events, community gatherings, and educational activities, limited to 8 events per month.
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The application proposes the re-use of a redundant agricultural building of traditional form, in good condition with historic value, which is no longer suitable for modern farming.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design, not harm landscape/townscape/amenity/highway safety/biodiversity. Assessed compliant as minimal conversion has low visual impact, screened parking, adequate access/parking, noise mitigated by conditions.
General Policy 3
Permits countryside development exceptionally for conversion of redundant rural buildings of architectural/historic/social value. Building qualifies as traditional stone/slate barn redundant for agriculture, capable of conversion without extension.
Business Policy 16
Permits re-use of rural buildings for commercial/tourist uses if redundant, preserves fabric, no extension/adverse change, acceptable traffic. Met as building structurally sound/redundant, minimal works preserve character, events use commercial with economic benefits, traffic acceptable.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside/ecology unless overriding need. Biodiversity mitigated by bat survey/conditions (boxes, lighting, further survey), no active roost found.
Environment Policy 2
Protects High Landscape/Coastal Value areas unless no harm or essential. Minimal external changes, contained use, no landscape harm in Undulating Lowland Plain.
Transport Policy 4
Highways must accommodate development safely. Existing access acceptable on lightly-trafficked A10, visibility adequate, 35 spaces provided.
Transport Policy 7
Requires parking per standards (1/15sqm GIA=21 spaces). 35 bays exceed requirement, conditioned for retention.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.
Approved materials
The development shall be completed in accordance with the materials as indicated on approved drwg no. 327/021
Bat survey and mitigation
Prior to the commencement of window and door installation, the building shall be surveyed internally by a suitably qualified ecologist, and a bat emergence survey shall be carried out between May and August, with the associated report submitted to and approved in writing by the Department prior to the completion of works. The bat survey shall identify impacts on bat species together with mitigation and enhancement measures, where appropriate, and shall include an ecological mitigation plan and timetable for its implementation. Thereafter, the approved mitigation and enhancement measures shall be fully completed prior to the use hereby permitted first commencing.
Low-level lighting plan
No external lighting shall be installed unless in accordance with a sensitive low level lighting plan, following best practise as detailed in the Bat Conservation Trust and Institute of Lighting Professionals Guidance Note 8/23 on Bats and Artificial Lighting (2023), which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department.
Nesting provisions
Details of a nesting cup for swallows and 2 no. bat boxes shall be submitted to planning and approved in writing by the Department, with the details including the specification and position on the building of the nesting cup and boxes. The nesting cup and bat boxes shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the use of the building first commencing.
Parking and turning
Prior to the use of the building hereby permitted first commencing, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved plans and the areas shall be retained as such thereafter. Such areas shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking and turning of vehicles associated with the development and shall remain free of obstruction for such use at all times.
Access surfacing
Prior to the use of the building hereby permitted first commencing, the access shall be hard surfaced with a gradient not exceeding 7% over its first 6m in accordance with details that shall first have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. Thereafter the access shall be permanently retained as approved. The re-surfacing must result in a bound surface such that no material is tracked onto the public highway.
Noise control
No music or other forms of amplified sound shall be played within the external courtyard or any other external area of the application site. All external side hung doors of the premises shall be fitted with a self-closing mechanism before the use of the building commences and thereafter kept closed at all times except only as required for the entry or exit of goods or customers or in case of emergency.
Operating hours
No customers shall be allowed to remain on site of the premises hereby approved outside the following times: Monday - Thursday 08:00 to 23:00 Friday and Saturday 08:00 to 00:00 midnight Sunday 10:00 to 22:00
Events limits
Notwithstanding the provision of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2019, the development hereby permitted is considered to be a Sui Generis Use. The site shall be used for no more than 8 individual daily events per calendar month and the use shall be for public and private events only, limited to the following: Private functions - weddings, christenings, birthday celebrations and similar family/social functions; Corporate functions - business events, presentations and workshops; Community functions - presentation, talks and activities to the general public and community groups; Educational functions - use by schools and colleges for individual educational talks and presentation days.
Use restrictions
The site shall not be used for any purpose other than those outlined in Condition 10 of this permission and shall not be used for any purpose as laid out in the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) (Temporary Use or Development) Order 2015.
Prohibited uses
Notwithstanding the provision of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 2019 and the uses permitted by Condition 10, the premises shall not be used for any purpose as defined under Part 1 Class 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4; Part 4 Class 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4.
No objection subject to conditions on car park implementation and access resurfacing
No objection
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