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From: Peter Kelly To: DEFA, Planning Subject: PA 20/00602/B Date: 28 June 2020 17:35:08 Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please take care before opening any attachments or following any links. To The Secretary, Planning Committee, DEFA From The Isle of Man Victorian Society c/o 52, Alberta Drive, Onchan, IM3 1LX A special interest group with an interest in Victorian and Edwardian buildings and surroundings

PA 20/00602/B Installation of replacement windows, 21, Kensington Road, Douglas.

This property lies within the Finch Hill Estate as laid out by architect /owner Philip Christian. The property is one of three built by local builder J.E. Douglas who, like his elder brother R F Douglas also drew his own plans after a short while in business. These three houses are different from all other dwellings erected on the Finch Hill Estate in that they were built in 1898/9 in Ruabon Brick in an eclectic style different from everything else on the estate and around. The three properties together are worthy of consideration for Registration.

By a process of elimination we have worked out that the application is for the first floor windows only. From the photographs it is obvious that they have been neglected and paint is peeling off which always makes things look worse. The proposed replacements have no regard for the architectural style of the existing windows with particular regard to the fixed lights or the important colour combination which is integral with all three properties. The windows should firstly be looked at for repair. If they are so far gone then they should be replaced in timber on an exact like for like basis. We would refer to the recent planning application PA/20/00484/B for replacement windows and front door at 6, Cronkbourne Road, Douglas, a property also in a Conservation Area. This is the standard to which this application should aim. Therefore we object to this application as made and trust it will be refused if not amended to a more appropriate format.

Peter Kelly Caseworker IOM Victorian Society