10 November 2005 · Committee
The Bungalow, Main Road, Ballaugh, Isle Of Man, IM7 5ed
This application sought permission to create a new vehicular access and retain a 1.5-metre-wide pathway through a sodbank at The Bungalow on Main Road, Ballaugh. The application was refused by committee. The officer's report identified that the land had already been changed from agricultural to residential use without authorisation, and that granting a new vehicular access would further entrench that unauthorised change. The applicant had not demonstrated a sufficient need for the access. The site sits within an area not zoned for development and is identified as having high landscape value and scenic significance. Although the physical breakthrough through the sodbank was noted to have a neutral visual effect on the locality, this did not overcome the planning concerns about intensifying an unauthorised use in a sensitive countryside location.
The application was refused by committee on 10 November 2005. The officer recommended refusal on the grounds that there was no justified need for a new vehicular access onto the Main Road, and that approving it would further intensify the unauthorised use of the land as residential land. The site lies within an area not zoned for development and is considered to have high landscape value and scenic significance.
