26 April 2019 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Sarah Corlett)
Harbour Office, East Quay, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1ar
The site is the Harbour Office and IOM Coastguards Station at the corner of East Quay and Crown Street in Peel, a prominent Registered Building (No.270) within the Peel Conservation Area. The proposal involved replacing two first-floor single-glazed timber sliding sash windows (one with glazing bar) on the rendered Cro…
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The officer emphasized that Planning Circular 1/98 requires original windows on Registered Buildings to preferably be repaired, and if repair is impractical, replacements must match originals in all r…
Strategic Policy 4
Requires proposals to protect or enhance the fabric and setting of Registered Buildings. The officer found the proposal fails this as it removes original features without justification, harming the building's fabric.
General Policy 2
Requires development to respect site and surroundings in terms of design, not adversely affect character of townscape or locality. Proposal's unsympathetic materials and loss of historic features fail these tests in a prominent Conservation Area location.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits proposals that detrimentally affect a Registered Building's character as of special architectural or historic interest. Directly cited as failed due to harmful impact from replacing original timber elements with modern materials.
RB/3 General Criteria Applied in Considering Registered Building Applications
General criteria for registered building applications. Officer applied in considering preservation of features of special interest, finding proposal unacceptable.
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
Requires special regard to preserving the building or its features of special architectural or historic interest. Proposal fails as it removes such features without matching replacements.
Planning Circular 1/98, The Alteration and Replacement of Windows
For Registered Buildings, original windows should be repaired if possible; if not, replacements must match in all respects including materials, strictly applied unless exceptional circumstances. Applicant failed first test (no evidence repair impractical, site showed good condition) and proposed non-matching materials.
no highways interest
Peel Town Commissioners objected to the application due to the use of non-traditional materials on a historic building in a prominent location; Highways Division has no highways interest.
Key concern: traditional materials should be used for the window frames on this historic building which is situated in a highly visible prominent location
Peel Town Commissioners
ObjectionThe Commissioners objected to the following applications: 18/01200/B and 18/01201/B Replacement doors and windows at IOM Coastguards Station, corner of Crown Street and East Quay, Peel because traditional materials should be used for the window frames on this historic building which is situated in a highly visible prominent location.
Department of Infrastructure (DOI) Highways Division
No ObjectionNo Highways Interest; NHI on 23.11.18
