Infilling of first floor level opening to create additional en-suite accommodation

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Infilling a first-floor opening to create additional en-suite accommodation at a Victorian elderly persons home
• ✓Works located on the rear wing, away from the main symmetrical facade
• ✓Key test was whether the alterations would preserve or enhance the Windsor Road Conservation Area
• ✓Officer concluded the proposal was acceptable and recommended approval
• ✓character
• ✓heritage
• ✓whether the alterations and extensions would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Windsor Road Conservation Area
• ✓minor re-ordering of one of the bedrooms to increase its size and also to enlarge the associated bathroom

This application sought permission to infill a first-floor level opening at Ellan Vannin, an elderly persons home on Kingswood Grove, Douglas. The works were intended to create additional en-suite accommodation, involving minor re-ordering of a bedroom to increase its size and enlarging the associated bathroom. The building is a symmetrical, two-storey Victorian structure with a prominent crenelated central bay and a dashed rendered facade, set within its own grounds some distance back from Kingswood Grove. The proposed works were confined to the end of the left-hand wing, facing the lane to the rear of Harris Terrace, rather than the principal elevation. The central planning consideration was whether the alterations would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Windsor Road Conservation Area. The case officer concluded the proposal was acceptable on this basis and recommended approval.

The Department of Infrastructure approved the application on delegated authority. The officer considered the works acceptable because they would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Windsor Road Conservation Area. The proposal involved only minor internal changes to a rear wing of the building, limiting any impact on the wider setting. The formal decision record lists 1 condition.

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Conditions (1)

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   Condition 1

   The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

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