22 July 2022 · Delegated - Principal Planner Chris Balmer
Harbourside, East Quay, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 1ba
The proposal involves replacing the existing front door on a traditional three-storey end-terraced dwelling with a black half-glazed four-panel door (1950mm high x 800mm wide), featuring an old-style central letterbox and gold metal weather bar.
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The officer assessed the proposal under Section 18(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999, which requires developments in Conservation Areas to preserve or enhance the area's character and appea…
Environment Policy 35
Requires developments in Conservation Areas to preserve or enhance character and appearance. The officer assessed the door's form, mass, and design as preserving the Conservation Area, noting it suits the dwelling and streetscene better than existing features. Prior renovations had already enhanced the setting.
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 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
No Highways interest
No objection
Highway Services Division has no highways interest in the application. Ramsey Town Commissioners have no objection. Isle of Man Victorian Society raised concerns about the door design in a conservation area and recommended specific traditional features as conditions.
Key concern: door design not matching historical four-panel style with square-headed glazing in conservation area
Highway Services Division
No Objectionthere is no Highways HDC interest (NHI) in: 22/00664/B
Ramsey Town Commissioners
No ObjectionRamsey Town Commissioners have no objection to this proposal.
Isle of Man Victorian Society
Conditional No Objectiongiven the prominence of the property on the quayside in the Conservation Area it is important that the door follows a traditional format and design; Whilst half glazed four panel doors were used in Victorian times the head to the glazed sections were square and not set on an angle; we would ask that this be a condition of approval. It would also be preferable that the weather board is painted to match the door
Conditions requested: ask that this be a condition of approval: squared headed half glazed doors; weather board is painted to match the door
Isle of Man Victorian Society
Conditional No Objectionwe are satisfied that it was a four solid panel door like so many Victorian town dwellings had; a four panel door is shown on the porch; We were prepared to accept a half glazed on Harbourside on the basis of being four panelled and the top two panels glazed in plain glass or simple obscure glass ( not leaded or containing coloured glass patterns); We referred to the head of the upper panes being square and not angled as shown in the photograph submitted with the application
Conditions requested: Details of the proposed door should form part of this application; four panelled and the top two panels glazed in plain glass or simple obscure glass (not leaded or containing coloured glass patterns)
