3 June 2014 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Director of Planning and Building Control)
Flat 1, 4, Harris Terrace, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 3lz
The proposal involves the internal removal of an existing cast iron coal fireplace and wooden surround from the front ground floor flat in an early Victorian townhouse converted to flats in the 1980s. The building is Registered Building No. 210 within the Windsor Road Conservation Area.
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The fireplace and surround are not original to the early Victorian townhouse and do not significantly contribute to the building's registered status.
Strategic Policy 4
Relevant due to the site's location in a Conservation Area and as a Registered Building. The officer assessed the proposal's impact on the building's special interest and setting, finding no detrimental effect from removing a non-original feature.
General Policy 2
General policy for development control. Applied in considering the overall acceptability of the internal alteration in a sensitive historic context.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions or alterations to Registered Buildings that detrimentally affect their special architectural or historic character. The non-original fireplace's removal was deemed not to harm the building's character.
Environment Policy 34
Requires use of traditional materials in maintenance, alteration or extensions of pre-1920 buildings. Not directly tested as removal involves no new materials, but consistent with preserving authentic features.
Time limit
The works hereby granted registered building consent shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this consent. Reason: To comply with paragraph 2(2)(a) of schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented registered building consents.
