Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of a replacement dwelling

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Proposed replacement dwelling would be 124% larger in floor area than the existing cottage
• ✓Site is within a designated High Landscape and Coastal Value area and a Conservation Area
• ✓Increased residential curtilage seen as unwarranted encroachment into the countryside
• ✓Size and design judged incompatible with countryside residential development guidance
• ✓Officer had recommended approval, but the Planning Committee refused
• ✓Amended plans were submitted during the process but did not resolve the committee's concerns
• ✓scale
• ✓design
• ✓character
• ✓heritage

This application sought permission to demolish the existing dwelling at Cronk Ny Killey, Dreemskerry, Ramsey, and replace it with a new two-storey house. The proposed replacement would have represented a 124% increase in floor area over the existing cottage, along with an expanded residential curtilage. The Planning Committee refused the application on 2 October 2012, despite the case officer recommending approval. The committee found that the scale of the proposed dwelling and the enlarged curtilage would constitute unwarranted encroachment into the countryside, causing harm to an area designated for its high landscape and coastal value and scenic significance, and also falling within a Conservation Area. The existing dwelling is described in the officer's report as a traditional Manx cottage form, though with later extensions that had already altered its appearance. The surrounding area is characterised by a mix of traditional single and two-storey cottages.

The Planning Committee refused the application on 2 October 2012, overturning the officer's recommendation to approve. The proposed replacement dwelling would have been 124% larger in floor area than the existing cottage, which the committee judged to be an unwarranted encroachment into the countryside. The site sits within an area designated for its high landscape and coastal value and within a Conservation Area, and the scale and design of the new dwelling were considered harmful to the character of that protected setting.

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