Creation of a borehole (retrospective)

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Retrospective permission sought for a borehole already installed at the cement works
• ✓Borehole located in the middle of Chadwicks Plant Yard with a manhole cover approximately 0.85m above ground level
• ✓Environmental impact and visual implications of the borehole were the main planning considerations
• ✓Application decided by committee and permitted
• ✓potential impacts on the environment
• ✓visual implications
• ✓impact of the borehole on the environment

This retrospective application sought permission for a borehole that had been installed approximately two years before the application was submitted. The site is the cement works at Chadwicks Plant Yard within Stony Mountain Quarry, Patrick, Isle of Man. The borehole sits in the middle of the Plant Yard and has a manhole cover rising approximately 0.85 metres above ground level. The officer's report identified the main planning issues as the potential environmental impact of the borehole and its visual implications on the site. The officer recommended the application be permitted. The application was decided by committee and was permitted on 26 August 2020.

The application was permitted by committee on 26 August 2020. The officer recommended approval, and the key planning issues considered were the environmental impact of the borehole and its visual implications within the Plant Yard setting.

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