3 March 2015 · Delegated - Head of Development Management (Jennifer Chance)
20, Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2le
The site is the Former Burtons Building at 20 Victoria Street, Douglas, a three-storey Art Deco faience building (Registered Building RB223) in the Athol Street/Victoria Street Conservation Area and predominantly shopping zone.
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The officer assessed whether the replacement windows would detrimentally affect the registered building's special architectural and historic interest or the conservation area character, per policies l…
Strategic Policy 4
Requires protection/enhancement of registered buildings and conservation areas. Officer found proposal protects the building's fabric and setting without detrimental impact.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site, surroundings, scale, design without adversely affecting townscape character. Replacement windows deemed in keeping with building and locality.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits alterations detrimentally affecting registered building character. Existing windows irreparable; replacements respect architectural/historic qualities.
Environment Policy 34
Prefers traditional materials for pre-1920 buildings. Galvanised mild steel heritage replicas accepted as suitable match to original Crittall steel.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving/enhancing conservation area character. Windows considered an enhancement.
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.
no objection to the proposals
Douglas Corporation (Coonceil Valley Corpagh DooJish) has no objection to the proposal for installation of replacement first and second floor windows at the former Burtons Building, 20 Victoria Street, as part of a batch of applications reviewed.
Douglas Corporation
No ObjectionDouglas Corporation have no objection to the proposals listed below.; Installation of replacement first and second floor windows (in association with PA 15/00060/CON) former Burtons Building, 20 Victoria Street
