Erection of a dwelling with driveway and parking

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Site lies outside any area zoned for development under the Area Plan for the South
• ✓Proposal conflicts with countryside protection policies of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007
• ✓No recognised exception applied to justify housing in this countryside location
• ✓Remote location likely to increase reliance on private motor vehicles
• ✓Site on the western side of St Mark's to Ballasalla Road, associated with stables and paddocks
• ✓access

This application sought permission to erect a new dwelling with driveway and parking on land at Alder Oaks Field, St Marks Road, Ballasalla, in the parish of Malew. The site sits on the western side of the St Mark's to Ballasalla Road and is associated with stables and paddocks. The application was refused by delegated decision in August 2014. The decision notice sets out three reasons for refusal, all rooted in the site being outside any area zoned for development in the recently adopted Area Plan for the South. This placed the proposal in direct conflict with Isle of Man Strategic Plan policies that protect the countryside and direct new housing to sustainable locations. The proposal also failed to meet any of the listed exceptions that can allow development outside zoned areas, and its relatively remote position was judged likely to generate car dependency rather than support a more integrated transport network.

Planning permission was refused for a new dwelling on land outside any zone designated for development under the Isle of Man's Area Plan for the South. The site lies in open countryside and the proposal did not meet any of the recognised exceptions that would allow housing in such locations. The relatively remote position of the site was also considered likely to increase dependence on private cars, conflicting with policies aimed at directing development to sustainable, accessible locations.

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