8 March 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
International Business School, The Nunnery, Old Castletown Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 1qb
The site is The Nunnery, a historic castle-type building from 1823 within wooded grounds used as the Isle of Man International Business School. The proposal raises the height of a timber flat roof deck from 1.4m to 2m (0.6m increase), reduces its area from 134.976m² to 115.456m², applies Polyroof 185 with lead rolls to…
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General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site/surroundings in scale/form/design, not adversely affect landscape/townscape/amenity, and use traditional materials where applicable. Officer found proposal complies as modest works match existing, barely visible, no amenity/landscape harm.
Environment Policy 3
Prohibits unacceptable loss/damage to woodland of amenity/conservation value. No tree loss or damage anticipated due to roof works' limited scope in wooded setting.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions/alterations detrimentally affecting registered building's special interest. Though not registered, on proposed list; assessed as no harm to character via matching materials and minimal visibility.
Environment Policy 34
Prefers traditional materials for pre-1920 buildings. Proposal uses matching tiles, lead-like Polyroof, and retains chimney features.
Community Policy 5
Supports school extensions if compliant with other policies. Fits as educational facility improvement with no policy conflicts.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval for the alterations to the main roof of The Nunnery part of the Isle of Man International Business School relates to drawing numbers 100, 101, 102, 103 and 104 and Photograph 'A' and Photograph 'B' date stamped 25th January 2012.
no objections
