17 August 2010 · Director of Planning and Building Control (delegated authority under Article 3(13) of the Town and Country (Development Procedure) Order 2005)
Ballacain, Lhagg Road, Dalby, Isle Of Man, IM5 3bu
The proposal was for a detached rectangular building measuring 8m wide by 12.1m long with a 6.5m ridge height, rendered walls, dark stained timber windows/doors/staircase, and natural slate roof, including a double garage and tractor shed on the ground floor and games room above, located 13.5m north of the existing dwe…
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The officer concluded the proposal was contrary to policy as the site is not zoned for development and lies within an Area of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance, with no exception…
General Policy 3
Restricts development outside zoned areas except for specific countryside exceptions like agricultural housing, barn conversions, previously developed land, replacement dwellings, etc. Officer assessed no exceptions apply to this domestic outbuilding with games room, despite prior replacement dwelling approval.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside (unzoned land outside settlements) for its own sake unless overriding national need outweighs protection with no alternative. Proposal adversely affects countryside without justification.
Environment Policy 2
Protects character of Areas of High Landscape or Coastal Value unless no harm or essential location. Building's size, location and visibility harm landscape character in scenic coastal countryside.
Do not oppose, has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Standard notes: underground cables/overhead lines present, contact MEA Network Operations before works; contact for Site Safety 5 documents and electricity supply
Manx Electricity Authority requests contact due to underground cables/overhead lines; Highways Division has no objections; Patrick Parish Commissioners object to the size of the proposed building in relation to prior approval.
Key concern: size of the proposed building exceeding Strategic Plan floor space relationship when combined with prior approval 07/01264
Manx Electricity Authority
Conditional No ObjectionThere are Underground Cables/Overhead Lines present in the area indicated in you Planning Application; The Authority wish to express their interest in the following planning applications, and request that a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; MEA requires 24 hours unrestricted access to the cables in the Public Highway
Conditions requested: a condition of planning be that the applicant must contact the Authority; Contact our Network Operations Department, Manx Electricity Authority, (Tel. 687687) to discuss working practices around Cables and Overhead Lines which may be required to be diverted before any work can be carried out on site; Contact the M.E.A. for Electrical Site Safety 5 documents, (Tel. 687766), before any work is carried out on site; Contact the M.E.A. Planning Department (Tel. 687781), to discuss the electricity supply for this application
Department of Infrastructure Highways Division
No ObjectionDo not oppose has no traffic management, parking or road safety implications
Patrick Parish Commissioners
ObjectionThe Commissioners are concerned at the size of the proposed building; They believe that it should be considered as part of the development approved under 07/01264, construction of which has not yet commenced; Taken as part of that development, it should be measured in terms of the total floor space of the two combined and compared with the floor space of the existing building and, if found to exceed the usual relationship described in the Strategic Plan, should be refused accordingly
