20 September 2012 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer
8, Albert Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2qa
The site is a two-storey Victorian terrace house within the Windsor Road Conservation Area in Douglas, featuring a pitched slate roof currently with two dormer windows on the front slope and a ground floor bay window with smooth render finish and timber framed sliding sash windows.
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The officer noted that the existing dormers are 'not an original feature of the application property' and that 'many properties on the same terrace have roof-lights installed on the front roof slope a…
General Policy 2
Requires development in accordance with land-use zoning that respects site/surroundings in siting, layout, scale, form, design; does not adversely affect townscape character or local amenity. Officer assessed the roof light replacement as respecting the terrace's uniformity since dormers were non-original and roof lights prevalent nearby.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development within Conservation Areas that preserves or enhances character/appearance and protects special features. Proposal tested against this as dormer removal and roof light installation deemed not unreasonable or adverse, given context of terrace properties.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This approval relates to the removal of 2 no. dormer windows on front elevation roof slope and installation of 2 no. roof-lights, as shown in drawing no. 1:1000 scale Location Plan, 1:200 scale Site Plan and the roof-scape proposal drawing, all received on 17th August 2012.
no objection to the proposal
