18 December 2014 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control
Former Clarendon And Douglas Hotel, North Quay, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 4la
The proposal involves subdividing the ground floor of the recently rebuilt Clarendon Hotel into three separate food and drink units (122sqm, 129sqm, and 80sqm coffee shop), each with independent kitchens and bathrooms, and adding a new door on the side elevation to serve a wheelchair ramp in front of the adjacent Dougl…
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The officer considered the key issue to be whether the internal subdivision into three Class 3 units and minor external ramp/door/wall would preserve or enhance the North Quay Conservation Area and av…
Strategic Policy 4
Requires proposals to protect or enhance Registered Buildings, Conservation Areas, and avoid unacceptable environmental pollution or disturbance. Officer assessed that the proposal meets this by preserving the Conservation Area and Registered Building setting without harmful impacts.
Environment Policy 32
Prohibits extensions or alterations to Registered Buildings that detrimentally affect their special character. No direct alterations to RB 186; external ramp in front was assessed as not harmful to its setting due to matching design.
Environment Policy 35
Permits only development in Conservation Areas that preserves or enhances character and protects special features. Officer found proposal preserves or has neutral effect, with Design & Conservation Officer no-objection.
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 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Dwarf walls painting
The dwarf walls hereby approved shall be painted in a colour to match the existing dwarf walls found on the adjacent former Douglas Hotel (Registered Building no.186). Reason: In the interest of the character and appearance of the site and the Conservation Area in which it sits, and in order to ensure the satisfactory preservation of this Registered Building.
no objection to the application
