30 May 2024 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
Bishopscourt Mansion House, Bishopscourt, Kirk Michael, Isle Of Man, IM6 2ez
The proposal involves demolishing a 1996-built attached garage at the south-eastern corner of Bishopscourt Mansion House, a historic registered building (RB 1) dating back to the 14th century, and replacing it with a single storey flat-roof garage clad in Manx stone with lead roof, timber doors, granite coping, and cas…
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The proposals have both negative and positive impacts on the significance of the registered building RB 1. The flat roof on the replacement garage causes less than substantial harm to the special arch…
Strategic Policy 4
Strategic Policy 4 requires protection and preservation of the special interest of registered buildings and their settings. The officer assessed that the enhancements from reinstating historic features and use of traditional materials outweigh less than substantial harm from the flat roof, thus preserving the special interest and setting.
Environment Policy 32
Environment Policy 32 concerns preservation of historic buildings. The proposals protect the building's special historic interest through reinstatements evidenced by historic photos and fabric, with traditional materials offsetting the atypical flat roof.
Environment Policy 34
Environment Policy 34 addresses use of traditional materials in historic contexts. The Manx stone cladding, lead roof, granite coping, hardwood doors and cast-iron goods match Victorian elements, judged an improvement over the existing garage.
RB/3 General Criteria Applied in Considering Registered Building Applications
From Planning Policy Statements 1/01 for Conservation of Historic Environment. Supports the officer's assessment that reinstatements preserve and enhance special interest while replacement garage causes only less than substantial harm.
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
From Planning Policy Statements 1/01. Applied in balancing harm and benefits to justify compliance with statutory tests for registered buildings.
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.
