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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application No. : 20/01425/GB Applicant : Patricia Wild Opticians Proposal : Installation of replacement windows to front elevation (in association with 20/001426/CON) Site Address : 6 Auckland Terrace Parliament Street Ramsey Isle Of Man IM8 1AF
Technical Officer: Mr Thomas Sinden Photo Taken :
Site Visit :
Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 11.01.2021 __
Conditions and Notes for Approval
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions
C 1. 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.
C 2. The replacement windows are not to include sash horns.
Reason: To ensure that the replacement windows are in a Georgian style consistent with the building's special character.
This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. The proposal meets the tests of Strategic Policy 4, General Policy 2 and Environment Policies 34 and 35 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, as the special character of the Registered Building is being enhanced, and is judged to be acceptable.
Plans/Drawings/Information; The decision relates to the information received on 24th November 2020. __
Interested Person Status - Additional Persons
None __
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Officer’s Report
1.0 THE SITE 1.1 The site is number 6 Auckland Terrace, a mid-terrace townhouse built between 1840 and 1851 in a late Georgian/early Victorian style with a slate pitched roof, chimney stacks on the party walls and a painted smooth render wall finish. The whole terrace is entered on the Register of Protected Buildings.
1.2 Historically, the windows will have been timber sliding sash with Georgian bars. Currently, the windows are UPVC framed double glazed tilt and turn units with mock Georgian bars internally expressed. The front door is painted timber in a traditional panelled style with an elegant surround and bowed arch fanlight above.
2.0 THE PROPOSAL 2.1 The application proposes to replace the existing front facing double glazed UPVC tilt and turn windows with hardwood sliding sash windows.
3.0 PLANNING POLICY 3.1 The site is a Registered Building (no.152), but is not sited within the Ramsey Conservation Area. Therefore the following policies are judged to be of relevance:
3.2 Strategic Policy 4: Proposals for development must: (a) Protect or enhance the fabric and setting of Ancient Monuments, Registered Buildings(1), Conservation Areas(2), buildings and structures within National Heritage Areas and sites of archaeological interest;
3.3 General Policy 2: Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:
(b) respects the site and surroundings in terms of the siting, layout, scale, form, design and landscaping of buildings and the spaces around them; (c) does not affect adversely the character of the surrounding landscape or townscape; and (g) does not affect adversely the amenity of local residents or the character of the locality.
3.4 Environment Policy 32: Extensions or alterations to a Registered Building which would affect detrimentally its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest will not be permitted.
3.5 Environment Policy 34: In the maintenance, alteration or extension of pre-1920s buildings, the use of traditional materials will be preferred.
4.0 PLANNING HISTORY 4.1 There are various applications on the property regarding signage, internal alterations and alterations to its use. However, none of these are judged relevant to the current proposals.
5.0 REPRESENTATIONS 5.1 The Department of Infrastructure Highways Division have stated that they do not oppose the application. They add that a licence may be necessary for the positioning of equipment and materials in the highway (18.12.2020).
6.0 ASSESSMENT 6.1 The issue here is whether the proposed replacement windows would affect detrimentally the building's special character.
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6.2 The existing front elevation windows are clearly a departure from the historic style. The proposed replacement of these windows with painted hardwood sliding sash units is much more appropriate and sympathetic to the building's style and character. It is therefore judged that the proposals meet the tests of Strategic Policy 4, Environment Policies 32 and 34, and General Policy 2 of the Strategic Plan 2016, and is therefore acceptable.
7.0 CONCLUSION 7.1 It is judged that the proposal meets the tests of Strategic Policy 4, General Policy 2 and Environment Policies 34 and 35 of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, as the special character of the Registered Building is being enhanced. It is therefore recommended that the application be approved.
8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons: (a) the applicant (including an agent acting on their behalf); (b) any Government Department that has made written representations that the Department considers material; (c) the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure; (d) Manx National Heritage where it has made written representations that the Department considers material; (e) Manx Utilities where it has made written representations that the Department considers material; (f) the local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated; and (g) a local authority adjoining the authority referred to in paragraph (f) where that adjoining authority has made written representations that the Department considers material.
8.2 The decision maker must determine: o whether any other comments from Government Departments (other than the Department of Infrastructure Highway Services Division) are material; and o whether there are other persons to those listed above who should be given Interested Person Status __
I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status.
Decision Made : Permitted
Date: 11.01.2021
Determining officer
Signed : C BALMER
Chris Balmer
Principal Planner
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