Erection of an agricultural storage building with field access and hard-standing

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Proposed agricultural storage building in open countryside outside any zoned development area
• ✓No sufficient justification provided to override the presumption against countryside development
• ✓Building size and isolated position considered inappropriate for the rural setting
• ✓Harm to the character and quality of the landscape identified
• ✓Development concluded to be detrimental to the amenity of the countryside
• ✓character
• ✓amenity

This application sought permission to erect an agricultural storage building with field access and hard-standing at Field 214380, Upper Ballacrye, Sandygate, Ramsey, in the parish of Lezayre on the Isle of Man. The application was refused on 30 March 2015. The deciding authority found that the applicant had not provided sufficient justification to set aside the general presumption against development in areas outside those zoned for development. The proposed building's size and its isolated position within the countryside were considered unsuitable. The refusal concluded that the development would harm the character and quality of the landscape and would be detrimental to the amenity of the countryside. The officer's recommendation was also to refuse.

The application was refused because there was insufficient justification to build outside a designated development zone. The size of the proposed building and its isolated countryside location were considered inappropriate, and the development was judged to harm the character and quality of the landscape.

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