18 June 2014 · Director of Planning and Building Control (delegated)
Swallows Landing, Cranstal, Bride, Isle Of Man, IM7 4bp
Swallows Landing is a two-storey L-shaped traditional Manx barn in the countryside near Bride village, previously converted into two residential units where 'The Dairy' must be used only as ancillary to the main dwelling.
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The officer identified two key issues: whether the proposal respects the proportion, form and appearance of the existing traditionally styled countryside property, and whether it results in the creati…
Housing Policy 15
Requires extensions to traditionally styled countryside properties to respect proportion, form and appearance of the existing property, with extensions over 50% floor space only exceptionally approved. The officer assessed the proposal as failing due to disproportionate scale, out-of-keeping form (especially northwest elevation), inappropriate casement window and painted render contrasting with stone/red brick, harming barn character.
Housing Policy 4
Restricts new countryside housing to exceptional cases like agricultural worker housing, rural building conversions or replacements. The extension to the ancillary 'Dairy' unit was seen as creating a self-contained new dwelling, bypassing policy restrictions.
Housing Policy 11
Permits rural building conversions to dwellings if redundant, structurally sound, of interest, large enough without substantial extensions that harm character, and compatible with surroundings; presumes against further extensions post-conversion. The officer noted policy presumption against further extensions and that this proposal would create a separate dwelling without a detailed conversion application.
do not oppose
Highways Services has no objection to PA 14/00403/B. A neighbour objects due to concerns over septic tank capacity, design not respecting prior barn conversion approvals, and potential creation of a separate dwelling breaching previous conditions.
Key concern: contravening prior planning conditions by creating a separate dwelling
Highway Services
No ObjectionDo not object
Mr Foster, Ballamooar Farmhouse
ObjectionThe current planning application 14/00403/B cannot be seen to “respect the existing apertures or retain the general “Barn” appearance”; This planning application has the appearance of contravening the conditions of approval previously granted, and dividing the property effectively into two separate dwellings.; “The newly created living accommodation must only be used as part of the dwelling approved under PA 00/618/B”
Conditions requested: require an engineer’s inspection and report as to the suitability in size/capacity of the existing septic tank and leach field (soak test?); planning condition (listed above) be applied, and reapplied to any future application, preventing the potential splitting of the one dwelling into two
