Use of land as a campsite for motor homes

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Change of use from agricultural land to a motor home campsite
• ✓Site located within an area of High Landscape Value
• ✓Proposed use considered incongruous and visually damaging to the surrounding landscape
• ✓Highway safety identified as a key issue in the officer's assessment
• ✓Site has some tree screening but this was not sufficient to overcome landscape concerns
• ✓highways
• ✓trees
• ✓principle of using the site as proposed
• ✓highway safety issues
• ✓visual impact of the proposed use on the surrounding area
• ✓any other potential impacts that may arise from the proposed use

This application sought permission to change the use of land at Cronkdhoo Farm, Greeba, from agricultural use to a campsite for motor homes. The Planning Committee refused the application on 19 May 2008. The site sits to the north east of the A1 Peel Road, approximately 90 metres from the roadside, and has some tree planting along its south western and south eastern boundaries. Despite this partial screening, the committee concluded that the proposed use would be incongruous and visually damaging to the surrounding area, which is recognised as being of High Landscape Value. The officer's report also identified highway safety and the broader principle of the proposed use as key issues. The formal refusal reason cited conflict with the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007.

The Planning Committee refused the application because converting agricultural land to a motor home campsite was considered an inappropriate use that would be visually damaging to an area recognised as being of High Landscape Value. The proposal was found to conflict with the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007.

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