7 December 2018 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
The Albert Hotel, Athol Street, Port St. Mary, Isle Of Man, IM9 5ds
The Albert Hotel is a historic three-storey end-terrace building on Athol Street, Port St Mary, facing directly over the harbour, with an unaltered slated pitch roof and vertically aligned windows.
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The officer considered the Albert Hotel's historic and architectural interest as a pre-1869 building forming a prominent vista from the harbour bay, with its unaltered slated pitch roof deserving prot…
Strategic Policy 3 - To respect the character of our towns and villages
Requires development to protect/enhance town/village character by avoiding coalescence and using local materials/design reflective of character. Officer found the dormer's design, size and materials failed this test, adversely impacting the historic streetscene.
Spatial Policy 5
Requires new development, including individual buildings, to make a positive environmental contribution, potentially supported by Design Statement. The proposal was assessed as failing to positively contribute due to its overbearing impact on the building and locality.
General Policy 2
Permits development respecting site/surroundings in siting/layout/scale/form/design (b), not adversely affecting townscape character (c), and not harming locality amenity/character (g). The dormer breached all three sub-clauses through its scale, mass and prominent positioning harming the original building and Conservation Area.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character, protecting special features. Within proposed Port St Mary Conservation Area, the dormer failed to preserve/enhance, exacerbating issues noted in Character Appraisal about oversized dormers harming historic quality.
No Objection (dated 23/08/2018)
NHI (dated 07/09/2018)
Port St Mary Commissioners and DOI Highways Division both raised no objections to the dormer installation at Albert Hotel.
Port St Mary Commissioners
No ObjectionNo objections
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 7-9-18
