30 December 2014 · Head of Development Management (Jennifer Chance)
Ballakilley Farm, Jalloo, Maughold, Isle Of Man, IM7 1at
The proposal involves replacing a recently demolished brick storage building in the farmyard of Ballakilley Farm, a 160-acre holding near Maughold, with a new steel-sheeted agricultural storage building measuring 9.3m x 19m and 5m high to the roof pitch, finished in olive green.
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The site is an established farmyard within a group of agricultural buildings, and the proposal replaces a recently demolished brick storage building, only 1.5m longer than the previous one.
Environment Policy 1
Presumption against development in countryside areas including High Landscape Value. Exception allowed for essential agricultural buildings under General Policy 3. Officer found agricultural need sufficient to outweigh general policy.
Environment Policy 2
Related to restrictions in scenic areas. Agricultural buildings permitted if justified. Proposal complied as part of established farm.
General Policy 3
Permits building operations essential for agriculture outside zoned areas. Proposal qualified as essential for the farm's conduct.
Environment Policy 15
Requires agricultural need outweighing countryside protection, siting close to existing groups, appropriate scale/materials/siting/form sympathetic to landscape, no unacceptable residential impacts. Officer confirmed need met, building sited in farm group replacing prior structure, similar scale/finish to others, appropriate materials (olive green sheeting), no adverse impacts.
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.
Agricultural use only
The building must be used only for agricultural purposes. REASON: the countryside is protected from development and an exception is being made on the basis of agricultural need. As such the building must be used for the purposes for which it is approved.
granted interested party status (no specific comments or objections stated)
