7 January 2020 · Planning Committee
Andreas Church Hall, Andreas Village, Isle Of Man, IM7 4ez
The proposal involved demolishing a modest single-storey stone church hall, originally built in the 1830s as a parochial school, located in the historic heart of Andreas village near the church, rectory, and other vernacular buildings.
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The Planning Committee rejected the officer's recommendation for approval, determining that opportunities for alternative use and future maintenance of the building had not been fully exhausted throug…
General Policy 2
Presumes in favour of residential-compatible development if it respects site/surroundings (b), avoids harm to townscape character (c), protects habitats/watercourses (d), safeguards resident amenity/locality character (g), ensures safe access/road safety (h,i), avoids prejudicing adjoining land (k). Committee found breaches of 2c, 2g, 2k due to heritage harm, character loss, and Gladwyn risk without details.
Community Policy 3
Permits loss of community facilities if no longer practical/desirable. Officer and prior inspector accepted disuse and alternative halls available; no Committee disagreement noted.
Environment Policy 4
Protects wildlife/habitats. Bat survey conditioned by officer; Committee refusal not on ecology.
Environmental Policy 39
Presumption against demolition of registered buildings/CA contributors. Unregistered, non-CA site but applied analogously to heritage loss.
no objection
no highway implications, no objection
Highways and Andreas Parish Commissioners raised no objections to the demolition; DEFA Biodiversity requested bat assessment; IOM Victorian Society strongly objected citing heritage value and structural concerns.
Key concern: architectural heritage value of the building has not been properly assessed
Andreas Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionAndreas Parish Commissioners have now considered the above proposed development, and have no objections thereto.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionThere should be no highway implications as a result of the proposed demolition works and clearance works within the site. On this basis, there is no highway objection to the proposals.; Do not oppose
DEFA Senior Biodiversity Officer (Richard Selman)
I refer you to my comments on PA 15/00145/A, regarding the possibility of unrecorded bats, and the resulting Planning Condition 6 of the same application, requiring a bat assessment prior to demolition. Has this been undertaken?
Conditions requested: bat assessment prior to demolition
IOM Victorian Society
ObjectionWe write to object to the above application to demolish a building that falls within our period of study (1830-1914) and would request party status.; This corner of Andreas, therefore, currently contains the original school of 1836, the original School Master’s house of 1837, the Girls School of 1852, and the Board School of 1902/03. No other corner of the Island has such a chronological collection of educational buildings all still extant.; A decision on this application should not be made without having previously properly established its contribution to the heritage of the village enclave within the Parish of Andreas through its past users and its potential for rejuvenation by an alternative use.; Additional Mention has been made of the possibility of bats in the vicinity... no evidence has been submitted with this application to show that they are either present or not, despite being crucial to the proposals.
Conditions requested: plan and section of the juxtaposition of the walls separating the hall from 'Gladwyn'; elevational drawing showing that gable and the wall finishes to any new exposed portions; structural survey to establish if buttresses will be necessary
