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PLANNING OFFICER REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Application No. : 24/00184/B Applicant : Mr And Mrs Allan And Patricia Jones Proposal : Installation of replacement windows Site Address : 83 Woodbourne Road Douglas Isle Of Man IM2 3AW
Technical Officer: Mr Thomas Sinden Photo Taken : Site Visit : Expected Decision Level : Officer Delegation
Recommendation
Recommended Decision:
Permitted Date of Recommendation: 14.03.2024 __
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
This application has been recommended for approval for the following reason. The application meets the tests of Section 18 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and Environment Policy 35 within the IOM Strategic Plan 2016 as the character of the conservation area is being preserved. The proposals also comply with the guidance within Planning Circular 1/98 as the opening method, pattern of glazing bars and frame sections of the window is proposed to match the existing window. The application is therefore judged to be acceptable.
Plans/Drawings/Information; This decision relates to the proposed windows specification and other supporting information submitted on 13.2.2024.
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Interested Person Status - Additional Persons
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Officer’s Report
1.0 THE SITE
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1.1 The site is Mentmore, 83 Woodbourne Road, Douglas. The property within the Douglas (Woodbourne Road) Conservation Area.
2.0 THE PROPOSAL 2.1 The application proposes the replacement of all of the windows on the property with UPVC double glazed units on a like for like basis. The fixed side-light to the front door is not proposed to be replaced.
3.0 PLANNING POLICY 3.1 The site lies within an area designated on the Area Plan for the East 2020 as predominantly residential, and within the Douglas (Woodbourne Road) Conservation Area. The site is not in an area at risk of flooding.
3.2 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 S18 Designation of conservation areas (4) Where any area is for the time being a conservation area, special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing its character or appearance in the exercise, with respect to any buildings or other land in the area, of any powers under this Act.
3.3 National policy: THE ISLE OF MAN STRATEGIC PLAN 2016 General Policy 2: (b) (c) (g). Strategic Policy 4. Environment Policies 34, 35.
3.4 Planning Policy Statements: 1/01 Policy and Guidance Notes for the Conservation of the Historic Environment of the Isle of Man POLICY CA/2
3.5 Planning Circular 1/98: The Alteration And Replacement Of Windows Category b) BUILDINGS IN CONSERVATION AREAS Policy 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.
4.0 PLANNING HISTORY 4.1 There are no applications on the Department's electronic database that are judged relevant to the current replacement windows application.
5.0 REPRESENTATIONS. 5.1 Douglas Borough Council have stated that they have no objections to the application (23.2.2024).
5.2 The Department of Infrastructure Highways Division have stated that there is no highways interest in the application (23.2.2024).
6.0 ASSESSMENT Statutory Test 6.1 Section 18 of the Act states that 'special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing its character or appearance in the exercise, with respect to any buildings or other land in the area'. This application proposes to replace the existing windows in a like for like manner, but using UPVC. As this accords with the windows guidance in planning circular 1/98, it is considered that the proposals preserve the character of the conservation area.
Policy Tests
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6.2 The replacement windows proposed in this application would match the existing opening method, and the existing pattern and section of glazing bars. With this in mind, the proposals are judged to meet the guidance within planning circular 1/98. As it is proposed that the windows be replaced in a like for like manner, it is also judged that the application would protect and preserve the character of the conservation area and respect the character of the surrounding townscape.
7.0 CONCLUSION 7.1 It is judged that the application meets the tests of section 18 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 and environment policy 35 within the IOM Strategic Plan 2016 as the character of the conservation area is being preserved. The proposals are also judged to comply with the guidance within planning circular 1/98 as the opening method, pattern of glazing bars and frame sections of the window is proposed to match the existing window. It is therefore recommended that the application be approved.
8.0 INTERESTED PERSON STATUS 8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019, the following persons are automatically interested persons:
(a) the applicant (including an agent acting on their behalf); (b) any Government Department that has made written representations that the Department considers material; (c) the Highways Division of the Department of Infrastructure; (d) Manx National Heritage where it has made written representations that the Department considers material; (e) Manx Utilities where it has made written representations that the Department considers material; (f) the local authority in whose district the land the subject of the application is situated; and (g) a local authority adjoining the authority referred to in paragraph (f) where that adjoining authority has made written representations that the Department considers material.
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 above who should be given Interested Person Status __
I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Principal Planner in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation and that in making this decision the Officer has agreed the recommendation in relation to who should be afforded Interested Person Status.
Decision Made : Permitted
Date: 15.03.2024
Determining officer
Signed : C BALMER
Chris Balmer
Principal Planner
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