4 September 2018 · Committee
St Germans Cathedral, Derby Road, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1hh
This application sought to vary condition four of an earlier planning permission (PA 14/00066/GB) for a two-storey cloister building connected to St Germans Cathedral in Peel by two single-storey glazed links. The building was approved to provide facilities ancillary to the Cathedral's use, including three apartments. The variation requested that those three apartments be permitted for occupation by staff and volunteers associated with the Cathedral, broadening the terms of the original condition. The application was considered alongside a related listed building consent application (18/00657/CON). The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, acting through Committee, approved the application on 4 September 2018, subject to four conditions.
The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture approved the application on 4 September 2018, subject to four conditions. The application sought to vary a condition attached to an earlier permission for a two-storey cloister building at the Cathedral, specifically to allow the three apartments within the building to be occupied by staff and volunteers associated with the Cathedral, rather than under the original restriction.
Condition 1
No external finishes may be applied until such times as a sample panel of all external facing materials to be used has been erected on site and approved in writing by the Department. The approved sample panel shall be kept on site for reference until the development is completed. The development shall not be carried out unless in accordance with the approved details. Reason: in the interests of the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area.
Condition 2
The occupation of the three apartments hereby approved shall be limited to persons who are members of the clergy, interns/students associated with the Peel Cathedral, staff and volunteers of the Cathedral and in all cases, any resident dependants. Reason: the site is designated as "Church" and where residential development not associated with the Cathedral would not normally be approved.
Condition 3
The protective fences required to be erected as part of the approval of 14/00066/GB must be retained on site until the development is completed and the protected areas are to be kept clear of any building, plant, equipment, material, debris and trenching, with the existing ground levels maintained and there shall be no entry to those areas except for approved arboricultural or landscape works. Reason: to safeguard the areas to be landscaped and the existing trees and planting to be retained within the site.
Condition 4
Prior to 5th February, 2019, a hard and soft landscaping scheme must be submitted to and approved by the Department. Such a scheme must include details of any replacement trees and any hard surface treatment - eg. footpaths, and a programme of implementation. All hard and soft landscaping must be carried out in accordance with the approved details and implemented prior to the occupation of any part of the development or otherwise in accordance with a programme agreed in writing beforehand by the Department. Any trees or plants indicated on the approved scheme which, within a period of five years from the date of planting, die are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced during the next planting season with other trees or plants of a species and size to be first approved in writing by the Department. Reason: to ensure the provision of an appropriate landscape setting to the development.
