Erection of a detached garage block with tourist / guest accommodation above

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Site is outside any zone designated for development
• ✓Proposal treated as equivalent to creating a new residential dwelling
• ✓Conflict with established general planning policy and local plan policy
• ✓Risk of setting a precedent for further inappropriate countryside development
• ✓precedent

Planning permission was sought to erect a detached garage block with tourist and guest accommodation above at Rogers Cottage, Ballacrye Road, Ballaugh, Isle of Man. The application was refused on 31 July 2007 under delegated authority. The decision notice stated that the site falls outside any area zoned for development, making the proposal contrary to both general planning policy and local plan policy. A key concern was that the accommodation element was considered tantamount to the creation of a new residential dwelling in the countryside. Granting permission would have set an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate development in rural areas.

The application was refused because the site is not zoned for development and the proposal conflicts with both general planning policy and local plan policy. Approving it would have been effectively the same as creating a new dwelling in the countryside, which would set an unwanted precedent for further inappropriate rural development.

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