Planning Officer · 2015–2026
Abigail Morgan is a currently active planning officer who has handled 479 planning applications over a 11-year career (2015–2025). Their most active parishes are Douglas (166), Onchan (60), Ramsey (55). Of 474 decided applications, 459 (97%) were approved and 15 (3%) refused. A further 2 were withdrawn before decision. They specialise primarily in alteration, extension, change_of_use applications. Their busiest year was 2016 with 187 decisions. Their caseload was heaviest in the earlier part of their career.
464
Decisions
447
Approved
15
Refused
96.3%
Approval Rate
An application to certify demolition works at Lanjaghan Farm as lawful was declined on 11 July 2025.
Permission was granted to vary conditions of an earlier approval at Ballakinnish Nurseries, allowing sharps storage in containers and extending time limits for highway and drainage works on the site.
Permission was granted to extend the operating hours of a catering vehicle at Archallagan Forest car park, allowing it to trade from sunrise to sunset.
This application sought to vary the operating hours condition attached to a previously approved mobile food and catering unit at Conrhenny Plantation car park, alongside a 21-space car park extension. The Planning Committee permitted the proposal, finding it socially and physically beneficial to recreational activity without harming the character of the area.
Planning Committee permitted a variation to allow a mobile catering unit at the Chibbanagh Plantation car park to operate between sunrise and sunset, on a temporary five-year basis, finding the use socially beneficial and visually unobtrusive within the existing car park setting.
Temporary storage of aggregate for highway maintenance and erection and operation of a temporary aggregate washing facility for a period not exceeding six weeks in any calendar year (retrospective)
Approval was granted for drainage information required by conditions on an earlier planning permission at the Marine Biological Station, Port Erin.
Appeal against the refusal for erection of fencing to side front garden (partial retrospective)
Appeal against the refusal for erection of proposed garage and front porch extensions
Restoration of quarry by infill
Retrospective permission was granted by committee for a new dwelling and access road already built at Furness Cottage, Santon, on 17 July 2023.
This application sought permission to create an access road and extend a dwelling at Plot 2, the former Lancashire House site on the A5 in Santon, with a redesign of floor plans and elevations. The Planning Committee approved it, finding the development makes good use of existing land without harming neighbours or the character of the area.
Certificate of Lawful Use for the running of a campsite for the TT period
A Certificate of Lawful Use was approved in February 2023, confirming that converting a former guesthouse at 14 Empire Terrace, Douglas into a House of Multiple Occupancy for up to 18 residents is lawful.
Permission was granted to vary a landscaping condition at Jacksons Eden Business Park in Braddan, substituting the approved landscape drawing with a revised version that alters the screening arrangement around the site.
A Certificate of Lawful Development was approved for the installation of telecommunication equipment and wire mesh in the tower of Trinity Methodist Church, Douglas.
Application for certificate of lawfulness for breach of PA 10/00614/B condition 4 relating to the demolition of the existing dwelling
Permission was granted to install a replacement front door at a Manx cottage on Lime Street, Port St Mary, within the Port St Mary Conservation Area.
Permission was granted to install a flue at a detached house at 61 Royal Park, Ramsey, Isle of Man, following a delegated decision in October 2022.
Permission was granted for two polytunnels on agricultural land north of Ballamanagh Road, Sulby, Isle of Man, with three conditions attached.
Permission was refused for a temporary log cabin on countryside grazing land near Cornaa, Ramsey, because it was considered tantamount to a new permanent dwelling in the countryside.
Temporary permission was granted for a stage and associated structures at Villiers Square, Douglas, to be used solely during the 2022 TT period from 22 May to 17 June 2022.
Permission was granted to vary a planning condition at Kielthusthag Lodge to allow two additional wedding events in 2023, beyond those already approved under an earlier permission.
Permission was granted to erect a replacement dust shed at Billown Quarry, Ballasalla. The proposal was approved because it directly supports an active quarry operation and no unacceptable visual, environmental, or highways impacts were identified.