97/00687/GBApproved
Installation of rooflights to No 7, Harbour House, The Quay, Castletown.
9 February 2007 · Delegated
7, The Quay, Castletown, Isle Of Man, IM9 1ld
Harbour House (RB047) is a three-storey registered building on the southern side of Castletown Harbour, with roof-space accommodation currently served by three rooflights measuring approximately 600mm by 1100mm each. This application proposed replacing all three with larger rooflights on the front elevation. The officer accepted that the style of the proposed rooflights was appropriate for a registered building, but found that the significant increase in size would cause them to dominate the roofscape and harm the character of the registered building. After a previous application for a single larger central rooflight was refused, the applicant instead proposed enlarging all three rooflights — a step the officer described as unusual. Policy RB/5 requires applicants to justify alterations to registered buildings, and no such justification was provided in this application.
The application was refused because the proposed rooflights, roughly double the size of the existing ones, would dominate the roofscape and harm the registered building. Policy RB/5 requires applicants to justify alterations to registered buildings, and no justification was submitted.
Alterations and Extensions to a Registered Building
Policy RB/5 is quite clear in that it sets out that an Applicant should justify their application. There is no justification for these proposals within the content of this application.
POLICY RB/5 ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS In considering whether to grant planning approval for development which affects a registered building or its setting and in considering whether to grant registered building consent for any works, the Department shall have special regard to the desirability of preserving the building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses. Registered building consent is required for the building's alteration in any way which would affect its special architectural or historic character. There will be a general presumption against alteration or extension of registered buildings, except where a convincing case can be made, against the criteria set out in this section, for such proposals. Applicants for registered building consent for alteration or extension to a registered building must be able to justify their proposals. They will be required to show why the works which would affect the character of the registered building are desirable or necessary and they should provide full information to enable the Department to assess the likely impact of their proposals on the special architectural or historic interest of the building and on its setting. Where registered buildings are the subject of successive applications for alteration or extension, consideration will also be given to the cumulative affect upon the building's special interest as a result of several minor works which may individually seem of little consequence.
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