4 September 2018 · Planning Committee
St Germans Cathedral, Derby Road, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1hh
The proposal seeks to vary condition 4 of the 2014 approval (PA 14/00066/GB) for a two-storey cloister building (37m long, 10m deep, 8.2m ridge height) connected to the Cathedral by glazed links, providing offices, meeting room, kitchen, toilets, song school on ground floor and three apartments on first floor.
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The officer assessed whether broadening occupancy from clergy/interns to include staff/volunteers with dependants remained ancillary to the Cathedral's 'Church' designation.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/design/landscaping, not adversely affect townscape/amenity, incorporate trees, provide access/parking, not prejudice adjoining land. Officer confirmed proposal identical to approved 2014 scheme, ancillary to Cathedral, no new impacts from occupancy variation.
Strategic Policy 4
Proposals must protect/enhance Registered Buildings/Conservation Areas. Site is RB 204 in Peel CA; variation maintains approved design/setting, no new alterations.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions/alterations detrimentally affecting Registered Building character. Relied on 2014 assessment; variation solely occupancy, no physical changes.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character. Approved scheme respected townscape; no changes proposed.
Materials approval
No external finishes may be applied until such times as a sample panel of all external facing materials to be used has been erected on site and approved in writing by the Department. The approved sample panel shall be kept on site for reference until the development is completed. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details.
Occupancy restriction
The occupation of the three apartments hereby approved shall be limited to persons who are members of the clergy, interns/students associated with the Peel Cathedral, staff and volunteers of the Cathedral and in all cases, any resident dependants.
Tree protective fencing
The protective fences required to be erected as part of the approval of 14/00066/GB must be retained on site until the development is completed and the protected areas are to be kept clear of any building, plant, equipment, material, debris and trenching, with the existing ground levels maintained and there shall be no entry to those areas except for approved arboricultural or landscape works.
Landscaping scheme
Prior to 5th February, 2019, a hard and soft landscaping scheme must be submitted to and approved by the Department. Such a scheme must include details of any replacement trees and any hard surface treatment - eg. footpaths, and a programme of implementation. All hard and soft landscaping must be carried out in accordance with the approved details and implemented prior to the occupation of any part of the development or otherwise in accordance with a programme agreed in writing beforehand by the Department. Any trees or plants indicated on the approved scheme which, within a period of five years from the date of planting, die are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced during the next planting season with other trees or plants of a species and size to be first approved in writing by the Department.
no objection
Peel Town Commissioners have no objection to the application subject to any stipulated conditions; DOI Highways Division has no highways interest.
Peel Town Commissioners
No ObjectionThe Peel Town Commissioners considered the following planning applications at their Committee meeting and they do not object to the proposals contained within these applications subject to any conditions stipulated below; 18/00656/B Application for variation of condition 1 for planning approval 14/00066/GB at Cathedral Isle of Man, Derby Road, Peel (application and amended drawings)
Conditions requested: subject to any conditions stipulated below
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 2-8-18
