4 November 2003 · Planning Committee
The Old Court House, Parliament Street, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1ar
The site is Ramsey Police Station and Court House on Parliament Street, Ramsey, a Registered Building (RB No. 079) within a Conservation Area. The proposal involved removing three trees growing against the building face—two palms and one holly—and reducing the external ground level by approximately 300mm where earth ha…
Click a button above to find applications similar to this one.
See how this application compares to similar ones — policies, conditions, and outcomes side by side.
The officer's report notes that the trees are causing damp and undermining of the building, contributing to dry rot issues discovered during internal renovations at the Registered Building.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This approval relates to the removal of three trees and reduction in ground level as shown in drawing numbers 0021/1/12 and 0021/1/6T date stamped the 15th August 2003.
no objection to the proposal
no views, no adverse traffic impacts
Highways Division and Ramsey Town Commissioners raised no objections to the application, while the Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside and Environment expressed concern about tree removal in a conservation area without replacement plans.
Key concern: removal of three trees in conservation area without replacement plans
Highways Division, Department of Transport
No ObjectionThe Highways Division of the Department of Transport has no views on the following application, the application having been considered and having no adverse traffic impacts.
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners considered the above application at their meeting on Wednesday 17th September, 2003, and have no objection to the proposal.
Society for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside and Environment
ObjectionThis is a Conservation area. The proposed proposal to remove the three trees gives us some concern especially as there does not appear to be plans for their replacement.
