26 April 2019 · Delegated - Principal Planner Sarah Corlett
Harbour Office, East Quay, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1ar
The site is the Harbour Office attached to the Coastguard Station at the corner of East Quay and Crown Street in Peel, a 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 Crown…
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The officer emphasized that original timber windows and doors should preferably be repaired, and if repair is impractical, replacements must match originals exactly in materials, method of opening, an…
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits proposals that detrimentally affect a Registered Building's character as of special architectural or historic interest. Officer found proposal harmful as it removes original timber features without justification, failing to protect the building's fabric.
RB/3 General Criteria Applied in Considering Registered Building Applications
General criteria for registered building applications. Applied alongside others to assess preservation of special features; proposal failed by replacing originals with non-matching materials.
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
Requires special regard to preserving the building, setting, or features of special interest. Officer noted proposal removes such features with unsympathetic uPVC/composite, causing substantial harm.
Planning Circular 1/98, The Alteration and Replacement of Windows
For Registered Buildings, repair originals if possible; if impractical, replacements must match exactly in all respects including materials, strictly applied absent exceptional circumstances. No evidence repair impractical; proposed uPVC not matching timber originals.
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; DOI 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
