Creation of field access

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓New field access created through an existing Manx sod bank in open countryside
• ✓Access positioned between two mature trees, both retained
• ✓Works had already been carried out without planning approval before the application was decided
• ✓Amended plans submitted during the application to provide clearer detail and justification
• ✓Application re-advertised following submission of revised plans
• ✓trees
• ✓access

Permission was granted for the creation of a new field access at Baldrine Farm, Baldrine Road, in the parish of Lonan. The access involved forming an opening in what had been a continuous Manx sod bank on the north side of a rural lane in open countryside, just west of the settlement of Baldrine. The application was complicated by the fact that the access had already been put in place without planning approval before the decision was made, though the gate had not yet been installed and works were incomplete. The original plans were also considered unclear, and the applicant appointed an agent to prepare more detailed plans setting out the justification for the access. The application was re-consulted and re-advertised following those revisions. The case officer recommended approval and the application was permitted by delegated decision on 10 June 2014.

The application was permitted by delegated decision. The proposal involved creating a new opening in a continuous Manx sod bank to form a field access, situated between two mature trees that were to be retained. The officer recommended approval and the decision followed that recommendation. The formal decision record lists 1 condition.

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Conditions (1)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

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