22 June 2004 · Planning Committee
Port Erin Imperial Hotel, Promenade, Port Erin, Isle Of Man, IM9 6lh
The proposal involved demolishing the existing 4-storey Imperial Hotel and replacing it with a 5-storey block of 25 apartments (including lower ground floor parking), arranged in a reverse L-shape with castellations, balconies, and associated surface parking accessed via an unmade private street.
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The Planning Committee judged that 'insofar as it is possible to make a full and proper assessment of this large and significant building from the poor and limited information submitted, the building …
Multiple statutory consultees including DOT Highways, Port Erin Commissioners, and Department of Tourism object to the application primarily due to overdevelopment, highway access issues, excessive height, and loss of tourist accommodation.
Key concern: Loss of hotel bed spaces contrary to Tourism Strategy
DOT Highways
ObjectionObjection:; To ensure adequate access and vehicle parking facilities and in the interests of road safety.
Conditions requested: No unit shall be occupied until the car parking and turning area has been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority after consultation with the Highway Authority; The parking spaces shall be allocated such that every apartment has a minimum of one parking space
Port Erin Commissioners
ObjectionThe Commissioners are opposed on the grounds the proposed development:-; A maximum of three storeys would be appropriate.
Department of Tourism and Leisure
ObjectionThis loss of 120 serviced beds is not in the best interests of the economy of the Isle of Man.; This further reduction will place that policy in jeopardy.
Department of Tourism and Leisure
ObjectionThe Department wishes to reiterate its objection; This is viewed as an increasingly serious matter by the Department
Isle of Man Fire And Rescue Service
No CommentI do not require to appear at the review hearing provided that the previously submitted written observations made on my behalf are taken into consideration
Planning Committee
ObjectionIt still looks like overdevelopment.
