**Document:** Officer Planning Report Recommendation **Application:** 08/00964/B — Installation of replacement windows to 1st and 2nd floors **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2008-06-27 **Parish:** German **Document Type:** report / officer_report **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/85543-german-26-shore-road-windows-replacement/documents/1526648 --- # Officer Planning Report Recommendation **Application No.:** ** 08/00964/B ** **Applicant:** ** Mr C Burns ** **Proposal:** ** Installation of replacement windows to 1st and 2nd floors ** **Site Address:** ** - 26 Shore Road - Peel - Isle Of Man - IM5 1NH ### Considerations **Case Officer:** Mr Trevor Wilson ** **Photo Taken:** ** - **Site Visit:** - **Expected Decision Level:** - Delegated Decision Senior DC Officer ### Written Representations ### Consultations **Consultee:** Highways Division **Notes:** **Consultee:** Peel Town Commissioners **Notes:** Approve **Consultee:** T M Crookall MHK ### Officer's Report #### The Site The application site represents the curtilage of 26 Shore Road, Peel. The property is a terraced two-storey dwelling which faces North onto the corner of Shore Road and Bridge Street. #### Planning Status The site is located within an area identified as Mixed Use by the Peel Local Plan 1989. The site is also identified as being in the Peel Conservation Area. The application is for the of replacement windows and as such is to be assessed with regard to Planning Circular 1/98 'The Alteration and Replacement of Windows', specifically Policy 6 'Buildings in a Conservation Area', which states: "If the original windows are in place they should preferably be repaired. If repair is impracticable, replacement windows which would be readily visible from a public thoroughfare MUST HAVE THE SAME method of opening as the originals. Whatever the material used in their construction, the windows MUST HAVE THE SAME pattern and section of glazing bars and the same frame sections as the original windows." Windows not readily visible from the public thoroughfare must have the same or similar pattern of glazing, but not necessarily the original method of opening, whatever material used in the construction." PLANNING HISTORY There have been no previous planning applications considered relevant in the assessment and determination of this application. THE PROPOSAL The application seeks approval for the replacement of existing timber windows to the 1st and 2nd floors with treated softwood casement windows of the same design. REPRESENTATIONS Peel Town Commissioners do not object to the application. The Department of Tourism Highways Division do not object to the application. Mr T M Crookall MHK has expressed an interest in the application. ASSESSMENT Planning Circular 1/98 states that the replacement windows on a property in a location such as this should preferably have the same method of opening and same glazing bars as the original windows. In this instance the proposed windows match the pre-existing method of opening and glazing bar pattern and is therefore judged as being acceptable. Planning Circular 1/98 does not require that the original material is used in replacements however the proposed windows are to be treated softwood and therefore are an acceptable material. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the application be permitted. PARTY STATUS It is considered that the following parties, who submitted comments, accord with the requirements of Planning Circular 1/06 and are therefore, afforded interested party status: Peel Town Commissioners The Department of Transport Highways Division Accordingly, the following are not awarded Party Status: Mr T M Crookall MHK Recommendation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 17.06.2008 Conditions and Notes for Approval / Reasons and Notes for Refusal C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions R : Reasons for refusal 18 June 2008 08/00964/B ## 0 : Notes attached to refusals ### C 1. The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice. ### C 2. This permission relates to the plans and information 00964/1 and photographs submitted and date stamped 12 \& 13 May 2008 I confirm that this decision accords with Government Circular No 31/07 (Delegation of Functions to Senior Planning Officer) Decision Made : Permitted Date : Signed : Mrs F Mullen Senior Planning Officer --- *Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).* *Canonical page: https://planningportal.im/a/85543-german-26-shore-road-windows-replacement/documents/1526648*