24 July 2025 · Delegated - Principal Planner (Chris Balmer); issued by J Chance, Director of Planning and Building Control
St Peter'S Church, Church Road, Onchan, Isle Of Man, IM3 1bf
The proposal involves repointing the east elevation of St Peter's Church, a registered building (RB 119) built in 1830-1833, by removing inappropriate cement strap pointing and replacing it with lime mortar, a traditional material.
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The officer had special regard to Section 16 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999, confirming the repointing preserves the registered building's special architectural or historic interest by repl…
Strategic Policy 4
Requires proposals to protect or enhance the fabric and setting of Registered Buildings. The officer found the lime repointing protects and preserves the building's fabric, meeting this test.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions or alterations to Registered Buildings that detrimentally affect their special architectural or historic interest. The repointing was judged not to affect character detrimentally but to preserve special interest by using permeable lime mortar on historic stone.
Environment Policy 34
Prefers traditional materials in maintenance, alteration or extension of pre-1920 buildings. Lime mortar, original to the 1830s church, was considered traditional and appropriate, unlike the damaging cement.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development in Conservation Areas that preserves or enhances character/appearance. Repointing one of the principal buildings was seen to preserve and enhance the area's character.
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.
recommend that the application is approved
no objections to the proposals, and have requested that a standard tree retention condition be added to any approval
