SPMC&E Objection Letter

Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside and Environment

06/01350/C

Change of use of land from agricultural to residential, Land Adjoining The Bungalow Main Road

BALLAUGH

06/01326/D

Erection of signage, Ballapaddag Cool Road

BRADDAN

FOUNDED 1938 REGD. CHARITY (IOM) No.391 PATRON: HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CHAIRMAN CHARLES FLYNN 31, FIRST AVENUE DOUGLAS HON. SECRETARY MRS. M.B. CRELLIN CRONK ny GREINEY, GLASHEN CLOSE, BALLASALLA, MALEW

ON PLANNING ISSUES PLEASE REPLY TO: S.P.M.C.& E c/o Glebe Cottage, Maughold, (via Ramsey) IM7 1AS Phone 815748 Email: [email protected]

Secretary to the Planning Committee, Department of Planning & the Environment, Murray House, DOUGLAS Dear Ms. Callow,

SPMC&E VIEWS ON APPLICATIONS from WEEKLY LIST 2006/32-- List dated 17/08/06 SHEET 1 as sent Date of this response -18/08/06

06/01342/REM

Reserved matters application for the erection of a farm workers dwelling in field 431203, the erection of an agricultural building in field 434518 together with access lane in field 434737, Fields 431203, 434737 & 434518 Bayrauyr Road Ballamodha Ballasalla

MALEW

It is not clear whether there is a long-term proposal to build a house on this plot or whether it is merely to be a garden extension? This needs clarification. If it is the former, the Society will STRONGLY OBJECT as creating both a new house in the countryside and a continuance of ribbon development spreading outward from Ballaugh.

06/01352/B	Removal of bridge and excavation of embankment to form new levels in association with relaying of water pipes and electricity cables, Underpass Bridge Fox Cottage Bishopscourt	MICHAEL
Photos would have helped.	This is another nail in the MNR coffin. The Society supports the view that someday there will be a move to RESTORE our closed narrow-gauge railway lines and demolition such as this will make such a scheme even more difficult for its supporters. We therefore OBJECT.

One can accept the need for signs here as the various vehicular accesses are confusing. If these new signs are to be allowed, then others, including the new (temporary?) one at the entrance to Eden Park and those on Saddle Road, etc., MUST be removed.

A rather prestigious house to be a farm worker's dwelling. See advice in English PPG7 including the following paragraph:

I 11. Agricultural dwellings should be of a size commensurate with the established functional requirement. Dwellings which are unusually large in relation to the agricultural needs of the unit, or unusually expensive to construct in relation to the income it can sustain in the long-term, should not normally be permitted. It is the requirements of the enterprise rather than of the owner or occupier which are relevant to determining the size of dwelling that is appropriate to a particular holding.

The Society remains un-convinced, despite the A-i-P, as to the genuineness of such cases.