Approval in principle for the demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and redevelopment of plot to create a residential layout with associated services

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Site is outside Castletown's settlement boundary under the 2013 Area Plan for the South
• ✓Site not designated for residential development in the adopted plan
• ✓Approval would have undermined a recently adopted area plan
• ✓Site is heavily vegetated, noted as a screening factor but not sufficient to overcome the policy conflict

This application sought approval in principle to demolish an existing dwelling and outbuildings at Netherby, Douglas Road, Castletown, and redevelop the plot as a residential layout with associated services. The Planning Committee refused the application. The site lies outside Castletown's settlement boundary as set out in the Area Plan for the South, adopted in 2013, and is not designated for development under that plan. Granting permission would have conflicted with a recently adopted planning framework and weakened the weight that can be given to it. The officer's report noted that the site is heavily vegetated, which would help screen any development, but this did not overcome the fundamental issue of the site's location outside the designated settlement boundary.

The Planning Committee refused the application because the site falls outside Castletown's settlement boundary as defined in the Area Plan for the South, adopted in 2013. Approving development on a site not designated for it in such a recently adopted plan would undermine the plan's provisions and the weight it carries.

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