4 December 2018 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Isle Of Man Post Office, Castletown Post Office, The Parade, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1lg
The proposal involves re-routing foul drainage pipework at the Co-op Food Store, replacing prominent white uPVC pipes running down the rear elevation and around a lean-to annex with thinner black uPVC pipes positioned parallel to the left of first-floor windows, removing redundant sections, and discharging internally t…
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The officer noted that the scheme has a 'neutral impact on the Conservation Area and the Registered Building, either not being visible at all or having little or no effect on the existing situation as…
Environment Policy 32
Requires that extensions or alterations to a Registered Building which would detrimentally affect its special architectural or historic interest will not be permitted. The officer found the pipe re-routing to have neutral impact, replacing existing pipework with minimal change to character.
Environment Policy 35
Within Conservation Areas, only development preserving or enhancing character and protecting special features is permitted. The works were deemed to have neutral impact on the Conservation Area, not visible or little effect compared to existing situation.
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
Special regard to preserving Registered Building or setting, presumption against alterations unless justified with full impact information. Proposal justified by functional drainage separation, neutral visual impact, and condition for materials approval addressed historic appropriateness.
Time limit
The works hereby granted registered building consent shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this consent. Reason: To comply with paragraph 2(2)(a) of schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented registered building consents.
Materials approval
Prior to the installation of any new external pipework, the details of these materials must be approved in writing by the Department and the development undertaken in accordance with the approved details. The applicant is encouraged to consider cast aluminium rather than uPVC which would better reflect the original materials for this historic building. Reason: To ensure that the development is appropriate for this historic building within a Conservation Area.
no objection provided that there is no new external pipework on the exterior of George Lane or The Parade
