10 September 2014 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (Michael Gallagher)
New Market Hall, Market Hill, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2bh
The proposal involves changing the use of the single-storey Douglas Market Hall at Market Hill/North Quay, Douglas, to accommodate educational spaces for art, design, and digital media courses by the Isle of Man College, including exhibition space, storage, print press room, laser cutter room, wet process room, and dig…
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The officer concluded that the conversion enhances the Registered Building and Conservation Area by bringing an underused structure back into fuller, viable use, preventing deterioration, with minimal…
Strategic Policy 1
Requires optimising use of redundant/under-used buildings. Officer found compliance as proposal reuses proven under-used Market Hall for education, bringing it back into fuller use.
Strategic Policy 4
Requires protection/enhancement of Registered Buildings and Conservation Areas. Minor reversible alterations assessed as preserving fabric and setting, enhancing vitality.
General Policy 1
Requires regard to Development Plan and material considerations. Applied in overall assessment balancing zoning with heritage and viability needs.
General Policy 2
Permits development respecting site/surroundings, character, amenity, highways, and services if zoning-compliant. Minor works and town centre location satisfy criteria despite zoning shift.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits alterations detrimentally affecting Registered Building character. Vent and partition removal deemed minimal, reversible, non-detrimental.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing Conservation Area character. Proposal enhances by securing viable use without affecting special features.
Community Policy 5
Supports improving/extending higher education facilities if policy-compliant. Proposal extends college use with community access in suitable town centre location.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
have no objection
do no object
