19 January 2009 · Delegated
3, Clinches Court, North Quay, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 4lj
This application sought Registered Building Consent to convert the second, third, and fourth floor residential accommodation at Clinches Celtic Tavern, 2–3 North Quay, Douglas, into office space. The building is a registered building (no. 78) and the application was made in association with a related planning application. The works involved a series of internal alterations, including replacing two doors with fire doors at first floor level, creating a new fire lobby at second floor by blocking up the staircase and installing fire doors, and removing a partition between two bedrooms to form an office with a fire corridor and new fire partitions at fourth floor. The application was approved on 19 January 2009 by the Acting Senior Planning Officer under delegated authority, with three conditions attached to the consent.
The application was approved by the Acting Senior Planning Officer under delegated authority. Consent was granted for the internal works needed to convert the upper floors of this registered building from residential use to offices, including fire safety measures across multiple floors.
ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
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.
Condition 1
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Condition 2
This consent relates to the conversion of existing second, third and fourth floors into offices as shown in drawing numbers SC1122/P/10-01, SC1122/P/10-02 and SC1122/P/10-03 date stamped 17th September 2008.
Condition 3
PRIOR to the commencement of any building works, a photographic survey must be undertaken to record all existing internal features of interest affected by the works to the building and provided for approval by the Planning Authority. Such a record to be prepared in consultation with the Conservation Officer of the Department.
