5 December 2011 · Delegated
Curragh Beg Farm, Nassau Road, Dogmills, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ah
Permission was granted for the erection of an agricultural building at Curragh Beg Farm, Nassau Road, Dogmills, Ramsey, Isle of Man. The building was intended to provide additional storage for hay and straw. The farm has a long history on the site, with an L-shaped building complex recorded on the 1869 County Series mapping. The site lies on the southern side of Nassau Road and currently includes mainly modern farm buildings, a grain silo, and a stone barn. The application was handled under delegated authority and permitted on 5 December 2011, in line with the officer's recommendation.
The application was permitted by delegated decision on 5 December 2011. The officer recommended approval, and the final decision aligned with that recommendation. The proposal was for an agricultural storage building at an established farm site.
Environment Policy 15
proposal complies with the siting requirements of EP 15
Environment Policy 15: Where the Department is satisfied that there is agricultural or horticultural need for a new building (including a dwelling), sufficient to outweigh the general policy against development in the countryside, and that the impact of this developme nt including buildings, accesses, servicing etc. is acceptable, such development must be sited as close as is practically possible to existing building groups and be appropriate in terms of scale, materials, colour, siting and form to ensure that all new d evelopments are sympathetic to the landscape and built environment of which they will form a part. Only in exceptional circumstances will buildings be permitted in exposed or isolated areas or close to public highways and in all such cases will be subject to appropriate landscaping. The nature and materials of construction must also be appropriate to t he purposes for which it is intended. Where new agricultural buildings are proposed next to or close to existing residential properties, care must be taken to ensure that there is no unacceptable adverse impact through any activity, although it must be b orne in mind that many farming activities require buildings which are best sited, in landscape terms, close to existing building groups in the rural landscape.
