Erection of an agricultural building on

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Extension to a recently constructed agricultural building at Upper Cordeman Farm
• ✓Building is visible within the landscape
• ✓Extension is 3.7m and takes a lean-to form, reducing its visual impact
• ✓Officer recommended approval, which matched the final decision
• ✓design
• ✓extend a recently constructed agricultural building
• ✓building is visible within the landscape
• ✓size of the extension (3.7m)
• ✓'lean-to' extension, therefore of lesser visual impact

Permission was granted to extend an existing agricultural building at Field 430435, Upper Cordeman Farm, Cordeman Road, St. Marks, Ballasalla on the Isle of Man. The application was decided by committee in August 2004. The key planning consideration was the visibility of the building within the surrounding landscape. The proposed extension measured 3.7m and was designed as a lean-to addition, which the officer report noted would have a lesser visual impact than a more substantial form of extension. The officer recommended approval and the Department of Local Government and the Environment formally approved the application.

The Department of Local Government and the Environment approved the application. The extension was considered acceptable despite the building being visible within the landscape, partly because the lean-to form of the 3.7m extension was judged to have a lesser visual impact than a more prominent addition would.

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