31 January 2006 · Planning Committee
Ballacunner, Smeale Road, Andreas, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ja
The proposal involved a new 12.2m x 18.2m x 5.7m high steel-framed building for use as a joinery workshop, horticultural storage, and beekeeping equipment at Ballacunner Farm, a rural site with a farmhouse and existing outbuildings west of Smeale Road, Andreas.
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The Planning Officer and Committee considered the proposed steel-framed building would introduce 'a prominent and incongruous feature into the landscape' due to its height (5.7m), siting (not within t…
No objections to proposals or amended plans; at review stage viewed site and supported approval of building (screened by existing stables and trees) and polytunnels (shielded by barns/trees), suggesting minor lowering if needed; noted similar approved buildings nearby.
No initial objections; at review supported building and polytunnels for same screening reasons as Andreas.
No adverse traffic impacts.
No requirement to appear at review; previous written observations to be considered.
Multiple responses from Andreas Parish Commissioners consistently indicate no objection to the proposals, with detailed support for approval citing screening by existing structures; Highways Division reports no adverse traffic impacts; Fire Service requires consultation on fire precautions; SPMCE expresses conditional acceptance.
Andreas Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionThe commissioners have now viewed the site, are now of the opinion that the proposed steel framed building would not be very visible from the public footpath east of the property; approval should be granted for the building to be erected where the applicant wishes it to be erected; the three proposed polytunnels should be granted approval to be erected where the applicant has indicated; my Commissioners have now considered the above proposed development, and have no objections to the amended plans as submitted; my commissioners, at the initial stage had no objections to the proposals
Conditions requested: if the Planning Officer for the area still considers it is to obstrusive, then the commissioners suggest the building be lowered by one foot
Department of Transport Highways Division
No ObjectionNo adverse traffic impacts.
Isle of Man Fire And Rescue Service
Conditional No ObjectionApplicant to consult with Fire Safety Department with regard to Fire Precautions contained within the steel framed proposal; I do not require to appear at the review hearing provided that the previously submitted written observations made on my behalf are taken into consideration
Conditions requested: Applicant to consult with Fire Safety Department with regard to Fire Precautions contained within the steel framed proposal
SPMCE
Conditional No ObjectionIf this had come in purely as an agricultural building, the Committee would, I suspect, have approved it ‘on the nod’; the Society could perhaps accept it, subject to suitable conditions limiting the scale of the enterprise
Conditions requested: suitable conditions limiting the scale of the enterprise
