12 September 2025 · Principal Planner (Chris Balmer)
St Michaels Church, Main Road, Kirk Michael, Isle Of Man, IM6 1er
The proposal involves replacing eight small, high-level rectangular windows halfway up the tower of St Michael and All Angels Church (Michael Parish Church), a Victorian Gothic style registered building designed by John Welch in 1835.
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The officer judged that the proposal meets the statutory test in section 16 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999, as the replacement of the eight small rectangular tower windows preserves the bui…
Town and Country Planning Act 1999 Section 16 Registered buildings: supplementary provisions
Requires the Department to have special regard to preserving the building or its setting or features of special architectural or historic interest. Officer assessed that replacing small, high-level windows with plain glass panes preserves the interest, as leaded detailing is not visible from ground level and recesses remain unchanged; works protect internal fabric.
Strategic Policy 4
Part of Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Officer found proposal accords as works protect and preserve the registered building's special interest through necessary maintenance.
Environment Policy 32
Part of Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016. Officer judged proposal complies by preserving the building's special interest via window replacement that prevents further internal damage.
Environment Policy 34
Part of Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016, cited alongside others but not specifically assessed in detail; grouped with policies supporting historic environment protection.
RB/3 General Criteria Applied in Considering Registered Building Applications
From Planning Policy Statements 1/01 for Conservation of Historic Environment. Cited in policy section; officer's assessment implies compliance via preservation judgment.
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
From Planning Policy Statements 1/01 for Conservation of Historic Environment. Cited in policy section; officer's assessment implies compliance via preservation judgment.
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.
Bat surveys and mitigation
Prior to the commencement of works, a preliminary assessment for roosting bats and summer emergence surveys shall been undertaken by a suitably qualified ecological consultancy and a report including a ecological mitigation plan be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. Thereafter the ecological mitigation plan is to be carried out in full. Reason: To ensure the development results in no harm to the statutory protected species.
