3 March 2025 · Head of Development Management (Stephen Butler)
Isle Of Man Breweries, George Hotel, The Parade, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1lg
The proposal involves replacing the existing parapet upstand, cornice moulding, and gutter on the front elevation of The George Hotel, a Registered Building (No. 38) dating from 1833 within Castletown Conservation Area, following partial collapse of the original.
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The officer judged the proposals meet the tests of Sections 16 and 18 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999, requiring special regard to preserving the Registered Building and its features, and sp…
Strategic Policy 4
Requires preservation/protection/enhancement of Registered Buildings and Conservation Areas. Officer assessed the replacement parapet as preserving the building and area character due to reduced strain on historic fabric outweighing changes in material/height.
Environment Policy 32
Addresses alterations to Registered Buildings, prohibiting detrimental impacts on character. High-level works and fabric preservation benefits judged to comply despite material/height differences.
Environment Policy 35
Concerns Conservation Area preservation/enhancement. Proposal preserves special character as long-term benefits to building offset less-than-substantial harm from changes.
RB/3 General Criteria Applied in Considering Registered Building Applications
From Planning Policy Statement 1/01 on historic environment conservation. Officer confirmed proposals preserve/protect Registered Building via reduced loadings.
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
From Planning Policy Statement 1/01. Alterations not detrimental to building character given benefits to historic fabric.
General Policy 2
General development policy from Strategic Plan 2016. Listed but not specifically tested; overall compliance via statutory and heritage policy tests.
Time limit
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.
No objection / no highways interest
Manx National Heritage (MNH) commented on the proposed replacement of gutter and cornice/parapet at the George Hotel, expressing concern that reducing the parapet height would be unfortunate as historical evidence indicates it is of historically-accurate height consistent with the adjacent building.
Key concern: proposed reduction in parapet height contrary to historically-accurate dimensions
Manx National Heritage
It is therefore unfortunate that the proposed replacement cornice and parapet seeks to substantially reduce the vertical dimensions of the latter, as the evidence above suggests that the failed parapet is of an historically-accurate height.; so it would be unfortunate to lose this.; We trust this will be taken into account in your consideration of these applications.
