25 March 2008 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Mrs F Mullen)
16, Albert Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2qa
The proposal was to install replacement uPVC sliding sash windows and a uPVC front door on the front elevation of a two-storey terraced dwellinghouse in a mixed-use area within the Windsor Road Conservation Area.
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The key issue was whether the replacement windows and originally-proposed door would preserve or enhance the character of the Windsor Road Conservation Area.
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 requires development to respect amenity and character. The officer applied it to the door proposal (which failed as it harmed streetscene unification) but found windows compliant post-amendment. No specific tension for windows.
Environment Policy 35
ENV35 permits only development which preserves or enhances Conservation Area character, protecting special features. The uPVC door failed this test by eroding unifying timber door features in the terrace; windows passed as they replicate originals without adverse effect.
Planning Policy Statement 1/01 - Policy CA/2 (Conservation Areas)
From Planning Policy Statement 1/01; relevant to conservation area controls. Assessed alongside statutory s18(4) TCPA 1999 requiring special attention to preserving/enhancing CA character; windows deemed acceptable.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the installation of replacement windows as shown in the window details, location plan and photographs date stamped 10th December 2007 and letter from 1st Choice Windows dated 3rd March 2008.
No door replacement
For the avoidance of doubt, no approval is granted or implied to replace the front door of the property.
No comment provided (no objection implied)
No objection
