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Application No.: 16/00866/B Applicant: Mr Jamie Watterson Proposal: Installation of a replacement front door Site Address: 14 Thorny Road Douglas Isle of Man IM2 5ED Case Officer : Mr S Moore Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation
1.0 THE APPLICATION SITE - 1.1 The application forms the residential curtilage of 14 Thorny Road, Douglas, part of a row of two storey terraced properties located on the northern side of Thorny Road in upper Douglas. - 2. THE PROPOSAL
2.1 The application seeks planning approval for the replacement of the existing Victorian painted timber front door with a composite door to the frontage of the property. - 3.0 PLANNING HISTORY
3.1 There is only one previous application on this property; 07/01764/R for the Retention of windows and doors to the rear elevation which was APPROVED - 4.0 PLANNING POLICY
4.1 The site is identified as 'Predominantly Residential' on Map No.2 (South) of the Douglas Local Plan 1998.
4.2 As Thorny Road, Douglas is located within the Selborne Road Conservation Area designated in 2003 and the application seeks replacement of the windows, the relevant planning policies from the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 are Strategic Policy 4, General Policy 2, and Environment Policies 34, and 35. These should be read in conjunction with Policies CA/2 of Planning Policy Statement 1/01 (Policy and Guidance Notes for the Conservation of the Historic Environment of the Isle of Man). - 4.3 Strategic Policy 4 states: 'Proposals for development must:
4.4 General Policy 2 states: "Development which is in accordance with the land-use zoning and proposals in the appropriate Area Plan and with other policies of this Strategic Plan will normally be permitted, provided that the development:
4.5 Environment Policy 34 states: 'In the maintenance, alteration or extension of pre-1920 buildings, the use of traditional materials will be preferred.' - 4.6 Environment Policy 35 states: "Within Conservation Areas, the Department will permit only development which would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Area, and will ensure that the special features contributing to the character and quality are protected against inappropriate development." - 4.7 Policy CA/2 - Special Planning Considerations states: "When considering proposals for the possible development of any land or buildings which fall within the conservation area, the impact of such proposals upon the special character of the area, will be a material consideration when assessing the application.
Where a development is proposed for land which, although not within the boundaries of the conservation area, would affect its context or setting, or views into or out of the area; such issues should be given special consideration where the character or appearance of a conservation area may be affected."
5.1 Douglas Borough Council have considered the application and 'have no objections hereto' (06.09.2016).
5.2 Highway Services indicate there are no highway implications (18.08.2016). - 6.0 ASSESSMENT
6.1 The application seeks planning approval for the replacement of the existing painted timber Victorian front door with the installation of a composite door to the frontage of the property.
6.2 The key issue in the consideration of this application is whether the proposals "would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Area, and will ensure that the special features contributing to the character and quality are protected against inappropriate development."
6.3 The existing door currently in place would appear to be the original door and this type can be found elsewhere within the terrace. A site visit illustrates that this is one of four such properties within the terrace to retain their original doors. The top just over half is glazed with arched heads and the bottom section is a moulded panel with a heavy (wide) mid rail with an inset letterbox.
6.7 That proposed is a similarly scaled door with a pair of top lights with a sloping head, instead of the arched heads of the existing. The lower panel is split into a pair of vertically proportioned moulded panels all of which is not considered to be a good approximation of the existing door. - 6.8 Items such as doors are instigative in creating the character of Conservation Area. The pattern of doors can change from terrace to terrace within a given section of a conservation area and create a lot of the interest of those Conservation Areas. The quite erosion of that character by the replacement of such details in a manner which is not accurate to the original is to be avoided wherever possible. - 6.9 In conclusion, this application seeks to replace a Victorian pattern door which is clearly original to the terrace (certainly in pattern, material use and detailing) with a door that is not considered to be a close approximation of that original door. In so doing, this application is not considered to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Area and thereby is not considered to comply with part (a) of Strategic Policy 4 and part (c) of General Policy 2, Environment Policies 34, and 35 and Policies CA/2 of Planning Policy Statement 1/01 (Policy and Guidance Notes for the Conservation of the Historic Environment of the Isle of Man).
7.0 RECOMMENDATION:
7.1 For the above reasons the application is not considered to be acceptable and is recommended for refusal. - 8.0 PARTY STATUS
8.1 By virtue of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No 2) Order 2013 as modified by the Transfer of Planning and Building Control Functions Order 2015, the following persons are automatically interested persons:
With effect from 1 June 2015, the Transfer of Planning & Building Control Functions Order 2015 amends the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 to give effect to the meaning of the word 'Department' to be the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture unless otherwise directed by that Order.
Recommendation Recommended Decision: Refused
Date of Recommendation: 13.10.2016
R 1. The proposed door does not match the existing original door style of that currently in place. Accordingly, given the inappropriate design, style and appearance of the proposed replacement door the proposal would neither preserve nor enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area, Thorny Road nor to the individual property and therefore be contrary to Strategic Policy 4, General Policy 2, Environment Policies 34, and 35 all of the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2016 and Policies CA/2 of Planning Policy Statement 1/01.
I can confirm that this decision has been made by a Senior Planning Officer in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.
Decision Made : Refused Date: 18.10.2016 Determining officer
Signed : S CORLETT Sarah Corlett Senior Planning Officer
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