**Document:** Consultation 1 **Application:** 15/00083/B — Alterations to existing windows, creation of a window and French doors with Juliet balcony to rear elevation and creation of a window to side elevation of dwelling **Decision:** Permitted **Decision Date:** 2015-02-26 **Parish:** Rushen **Document Type:** consultation / consultation_response **Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/5622-rushen-2-high-dwelling-windows/documents/915290 --- # Consultation 1 From: Darleen Greenwood Sent: 02 February 2015 16:08 To: DOI, Planning Subject: Planning Application 15/00083/B Dear Planning Department Please see comments below from Port St Mary Commissioner Alec Merchant on behalf of the Board for your information. Kind regards Darleen Darleen Greenwood CIHM Cert. CIH 4 Housing Officer Port St Mary Commissioners Town Hall The Promenade Port St Mary Isle of Man IM9 5DA d.greenwood@portstmary.gov.im (01624 832101) From: Alec Merchant Sent: 02 February 2015 15:41 To: Darleen Greenwood Subject: RE: Publication List 30.01.15 Hi Darleen, Ref. Planning Application number 15/00083/B Further to my previous e-mail. I tried again today and was successful in getting further into the various Planning hyperlinks and I have been able to view the drawings of the proposed alterations to 2 High Street. I can see no objection that anyone could make to the proposed alterations to the gable end (additional windows which are not overlooking anyone as far as I can tell). There should be no issue about the proposed "Juliet Balcony" to the rear wall, but there may be issues concerning the enlargement of the three existing windows in the rear mansard roof. There is a fine line to be drawn between personal aesthetic taste (not grounds for objection) and "visual impact" which is an accepted category of objection. The three windows (presently of similar proportions to each other and in balance) are to be widened to differing degrees in a way that could appear unbalanced, to lack harmony and not be in the character of the building or it's near neighbours. On the other hand there are probably very few vantage points from which this would be noticeable. As lead member of the Board for "Planning" I do not believe the Board would have strong grounds to object. Could you please forward this response through whatever channels you normally use. I did try to respond via the Planning hyperlink but was unsuccessful. In any case they would probably have understood it as coming from a member of the public rather than as a formal response from/on behalf of the local authority. Regards, Alec. --- *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/5622-rushen-2-high-dwelling-windows/documents/915290*