5 September 2008 · Planning Committee
Our Lady Star Of The Seas And St Maughold, Queens Promenade, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1bh
The proposal involves internal alterations to an unused area behind the choir gallery in the Grade Registered Building church (No. 080), designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1909, to create a music room and storage facilities without affecting external walls or roof.
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The officer noted the proposed alterations are completely internal, affecting only unused space behind the choir gallery that cannot be viewed from the public, thus producing no detrimental impact to …
RB/5 Alterations and Extensions
Requires special regard to preserving registered buildings' special architectural or historic interest, with a general presumption against alterations unless a convincing case is made justifying necessity and providing full impact assessment. Officer and Conservation Officer assessed the internal works retain registerable fabric (staircase), utilize unused space without harming character, and are not publicly visible, satisfying the policy tests.
RB/10 Ecclesiastical Buildings
Applies same provisions as other registered buildings to ecclesiastical ones, acknowledging modern congregation needs but requiring assessment of impact on historic merit or architectural character. Proposals for internal alterations to underused space were deemed not to markedly affect these qualities.
Planning Policy Statement 1/01 - Policy CA/2 (Conservation Areas)
Requires consideration of impact on conservation area's special character for proposals within it. Internal works not affecting external elements or setting were found acceptable.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved drawings
This permission relates to the information and drawings 06 SMCS 372 01, 223 02 Rev 3, 06 S007 SMCS 01 Rev 1, 06 S007 SMCS 02 submitted and date stamped 3rd April 2008.
Photographic survey
PRIOR to the commencement of any building works, a photographic survey must be undertaken to record all existing internal and external features of interest and provided for approval by the Planning Authority; such a record to be prepared in consultation with the Conservation Officer of the Department.
No Objection
No objection
