24 June 2016 · Senior Planning Officer (Chris Balmer)
Flat 1, 7, Arbory Street, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1lh
The proposal involves replacing the existing timber-framed sliding sash windows on the first floor and plastic-framed windows in the dormers on the second floor of a building at 7 Arbory Street, Castletown, which has a hairdresser's salon on the ground floor and flats above.
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The site is within Castletown's Conservation Area, requiring development to preserve or enhance the area per Strategic Plan Environment Policy 35 and Planning Policy Statement 1/01.
Environment Policy 35
Requires development in conservation areas to preserve or enhance the area. The officer assessed the window replacements against this, finding the overall proposal enhances the conservation area due to improvements to the dormers outweighing uPVC material on lower windows.
Planning Policy Statement 1/01 - Conservation of the Historic Environment of the Isle of Man
Provides standards for conserving historic environments including window replacements. Applied alongside Circular 1/98; visible windows match original sliding sash opening method and glazing pattern, achieving 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 (08.06.16)
no objection (14.06.16)
Castletown Town Commissioners raised no objections to the application. DOI Highways Division has no highways interest.
Castletown Town Commissioners
No Objectionno objections were raised
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI
