6 December 2022 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Eastfield Care Home, Eastfield, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 4au
The proposal sought consent to demolish Eastfield Mansion House, a two-and-a-half storey 19th-century building on a corner plot in Douglas, including its 20th-century extension, with no replacement development proposed.
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The officer determined that the building, a mid-to-late 19th-century structure with surviving historic fabric, makes a positive contribution to the Douglas (Woodbourne Road) Conservation Area despite …
Town and Country Planning Act 1999 Section 16 Registered buildings: supplementary provisions
Requires special regard to preserving the building or its setting or features of special architectural or historic interest. The officer agreed the heritage report that the 19th-century building with surviving historic fabric makes a positive contribution, so demolition fails this test despite need for renovation.
Designation of conservation areas
Requires special attention to preserving or enhancing conservation area character. Demolition of a positive contributor on the area's western boundary would harm character, with no enhancement proposed.
Strategic Policy 4
Requires proposals to protect or enhance conservation area fabric and setting. As an older building on the conservation area edge, its demolition fails to protect the fabric.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development preserving or enhancing conservation area character. The historic building's positive contribution means demolition fails this test.
Environmental Policy 39
Presumption in favour of retaining positive contributors to conservation area character. Four factors assessed (condition, repair costs, retention efforts, alternatives) all weighed against demolition.
no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking
Highway Services Division responded with no highways interest or objection to application 22/01326/CON, finding no significant negative impact on highway safety, network functionality, or parking.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and /or parking.; The Applicant is advised that Highway Licences may be necessary for use of the highway for equipment and materials during construction.
