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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Application No. : 19/00580/B Applicant : Castletown Town Commissioners Proposal : Alterations, creation of a bin store and installation of replacement windows Site Address : Castletown Civic Centre 1 Farrants Way Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1NR
Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett Photo Taken :
Site Visit :
Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 02.07.2019 __
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.
Plans/Drawings/Information;
This decision relates to drawings 1814-P110A, 1814-P111A, 1814-E110A and 1814-E101 all received on 20th May, 2019. __
Interested Person Status - Additional Persons
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Officer’s Report
THE SITE 1.1 The site is the curtilage of Castletown's town hall, the Civic Centre which lies on the eastern side of Farrant's Way. The site contains the town hall which is a relatively new building in the town and the site also forms a pedestrian walkway from Arbory Street to Farrant's Way as well as providing public toilets.
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THE PROPOSAL 2.1 Proposed is a series of replacement doors and windows in existing apertures including:
Installation of a new steel security door and frame with louvred doors in the rear of the toilets Replacement of all windows other than the circular feature window on the rear elevation, with anthracite grey double glazed fixed and casement windows to match the existing Retention of all existing rooflights.
2.2 Also proposed is the introduction of a fenced bin store on the north western side of the building which is not generally accessible by the public and with the proposed fencing lower than the existing surrounding boundary walls which will render it not visible from Farrant's Way.
PLANNING POLICY 3.1 The site lies within Castletown's Conservation Area within an area designated as Mixed Use on the Area Plan for the South (2013). The development is therefore required to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area and to have an acceptable impact on the appearance of the area, as stated in General Policy 2 and Environment Policy 35 with Planning Policy Statement 1/01. Advice is also available in respect of replacement windows, in Planning Circular 1/92
Buildings in Conservation Areas If the original windows are in place they should preferably be repaired. If repair is impracticable, replacement windows which would be readily visible from a public thoroughfare MUST HAVE THE SAME method of opening as the originals. Whatever the material used in their construction, the windows MUST HAVE THE SAME pattern and section of glazing bars and the same frame sections as the original windows.
Windows not readily visible from a public thoroughfare must have the same or similar pattern of glazing bars as the originals, but not necessarily the original method of opening, whatever the material used in the construction.
PLANNING HISTORY 4.1 The Civic Centre was approved as a new building in 1987 with various alterations having been approved since. The former library was converted to an administration centre for the southern policing in 2015. The former mortuary across the yard to the south was converted to a pizza restaurant in 2017.
REPRESENTATIONS 5.1 Highway Services have no highway interest in the application (21.06.19).
ASSESSMENT 6.1 The replacement of windows in a building within a Conservation Area can be controversial where the building and the windows are original and historically important. In this case the building and the windows are relatively new and what is proposed will replicate what exists in general colour and opening style.
6.2 The new elements - the doors and bin store are in a part of the site where the public are not generally encouraged to visit and cannot be seen by those who pass through or use the site, to any great extent.
CONCLUSION 7.1 The works are not considered to have any significant impact on the character or appearance of the building, will replicate what exists and will be in keeping with the building, in conformity with General Policy 2 and Environment Policy 35 as well as Planning Committee 1/92 and the application is supported.
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INTERESTED PERSON STATUS 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 Article 6(4), the following persons are automatically interested persons: (a) The applicant, or if there is one, the applicant's agent; (b) The owner and the occupier of any land that is the subject of the application or any other person in whose interest the land becomes vested; (c) Any Government Department that has made written submissions relating to planning considerations with respect to the application that the Department considers material (d) Highway Services Division of Department of Infrastructure and (e) The local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated.
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 in Article 6(4) who should be given Interested Person Status.
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I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 04.07.2019
Determining officer
Signed : S BUTLER
Stephen Butler
Head of Development Management
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