16 August 2023 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Jason Singleton)
5, Victoria Road, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1ep
The application proposes the installation of replacement roof slates on the existing slate roof of 5 Victoria Road, a three-storey mid-terrace residential property in Castletown Conservation Area.
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The officer assessed the key considerations as visual impact on the house itself, the wider streetscene, and the surrounding Conservation Area.
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 (b, c, g, n) sets general standards for acceptable development including visual amenity, neighbouring amenity, and energy reduction. The officer assessed the replacement slates as having negligible visual impact, thus complying with these aspects. No issues with neighbouring amenity were identified.
Environment Policy 35
Environment Policy 35 requires preservation or enhancement of conservation areas. The proposal was tested for impact on the Castletown Conservation Area; the matching slate material ensures negligible change to the character and appearance of the property, streetscene, and wider area, preserving the conservation area.
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Strategic Policy 3 promotes good design and use of local materials and character. The slate replacement aligns with local slate roofing character in the conservation area.
Spatial Policy 5
Strategic Policy 5 promotes good design and use of local materials and character. Applied alongside SP3 to support the use of traditional slate materials.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with Article 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
No highways interest
no objection
Highway Services HDC has no interest in the application; DEFA Biodiversity provides advisory notes on bat protection without objection; DEFA Fisheries has no objections.
Key concern: potential for roosting bats
Highway Services HDC
No Comment23/00732/B - NHI; Highway Services HDC has no interest (NHI) in:
DEFA Biodiversity
No ObjectionThe Ecosystem Policy Team would like to alert the applicants to the potential for roosting bats underneath the tiles that are to be replaced.; tiles should be removed by hand and lifted off directly, not levered, in order to prevent the crushing of any bats; If bats, or evidence of bats, is discovered while work is being undertaken, all work must stop and advice be sought from the DEFA Ecosystem Policy Team
DEFA Fisheries
No ObjectionDEFA, fisheries have no objections to this development from a fisheries perspective.
