17 June 2011 · Delegated - Senior Planning Officer (Jennifer Charxe)
8, Spring Gardens, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 3jn
The proposal involves installing new white uPVC top hung casement windows that open outwards to the front and rear elevations of 8 Spring Gardens, a terraced residential property in upper Douglas. Safety glass is specified for risk areas.
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The officer applied Planning Circular 1/98, which prefers replacement windows in urban pre-1921 buildings visible from public thoroughfares to match the original method of opening, frame sections, and…
General Policy 2
General Policy 2 from Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 is referenced as relevant. The officer assessed the proposal as compliant given its minor scale and neutral impact in a residential setting.
Environment Policy 36
Requires developments outside but close to conservation area boundaries not to detrimentally affect important views in or out. The rear backs onto Douglas (Windsor Road) Conservation Area, but the site is in a Victorian residential area not on a main thoroughfare, so changes have neutral effect and do not harm views.
Planning Circular 1/98, The Alteration and Replacement of Windows
For pre-1921 urban buildings visible from public thoroughfares not in higher categories, prefers replacements matching original opening method, frame sections, and glazing bars if originals absent. Existing casements (not originals) are matched by proposed uPVC casements in opening, sections, and no glazing bars.
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 installation of replacement windows to front and rear elevations, as shown in drawing numbers PLAN REF: 1, PLAN REF: 3 and PLAN REF: 4, date stamped 5 May 2011.
