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on behalf of King Williams College
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This planning application is for the current Bursary Building on the King William's College Site. The building is situated next to the swimming pool and squash courts to the right side of the roadway when entering King William's College and while it is in the vicinity of the registered main college building, it is not directly connected. A registered Building Application has therefore not been considered necessary. The building currently houses the offices for the bursary team as well as a general reception area and the student's shop. The shop area is no longer required as this service will now move online and with the bursary team also requiring less space, the intention is for bursary team to only occupy the first floor and for the ground floor areas to be used as the Fourth Form Common Room for 11- to 13-year-old students.
The use of the building remains generally the same as it houses spaces which are not considered teaching spaces, but support the day to day running of the school. Students have been entering this building in the past, particularly the reception area, but some areas will now be more permanently dedicated to student's use.
As drawing 2403_EAL_PL-0001 Overview Plan explains, the move of the Fourth Form Common Areas from its current location in Stenning House by autumn 2024 will, together with some other schoolinternal moves, clear the path for the Buchan School to move from its current location in Castletown to the King Williams College Grounds.
An extract from the overview drawing is shown below to illustrate the proposed way forward:
A separate planning application for the changes and remodelling of these areas of the campus will be submitted by the college in the coming weeks.
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The external changes to the building are undertaken mainly to replace windows, doors and roofing elements which have reached the end of their life cycle and are leaking and / or no longer energy efficient.
The changes are illustrated on the drawings but in summary include: 2.1 Window Replacement
The windows on the South elevation of the adjacent PE / sports offices were already replaced and the new windows will match the windows installed in this part of the building in colour (white PVCu) and style.
The windows on the south elevation are shown on the images below for reference. Further details of the replacement windows are included in Appendix A of this document. 3 | P a g e excelgroup.im
The proposals are for the current timber clad shed on the south elevation, which was predominantly added to provide weather protection to the inner door, to be removed and to be replaced with a fully glazed PVCu framed, open storm porch which will provide weather protection to the entrance doors to the South. These will become the main student entrance which is located directly opposite the entrance to the main building and where level access can be provided in line with current regulations.
The below image shows the existing timber clad shed.
The new porch will be constructed on the existing concrete slab foundation and will have the same dimensions as the current storage shed, approximately 2.3m wide and 4.7m long, but will ne much lighter and more transparent in appearance. The current lead flashings of the lean-to roof are proposed to be reused which will leave the new porch at the same height, approx. 2.4 m to the eaves and approx. 3.4m at the highest point.
Further details of the proposed porch are included in Appendix B of this document.
As described above, a new entrance door will be incorporated on the south side of the building to allow level access for students. This will be a single outward opening door, wide enough to facilitate escape in line with regulations and with glazed panels either side to allow as much daylight into the space as possible The doors and windows will be concealed by the new porch.
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The current entrance door to the shop will become a secondary door allowing students a route out towards the external break out and play areas as well as serving as a secondary escape door. This door will be a single inward opening door with a glazed side panel.
The adjacent office entrance door will remain unchanged and the below image shows the current door and entrance arrangement.
All new door elements will be PVCu framed and white colour to match the replacement windows and the doors included elsewhere on the building (PE office entrance etc); they will include access control and be compliant with current regulations in terms of thermal performance and escape width.
Further details of the replacement doors are again included in Appendix A of this document, the locations and dimensions are shown in the elevation drawings included with the application.
The predominant weather-facing south elevation of the roof has been in poor condition and leaking for some time and required imminent attention. The works to this area have already progressed, benefitting from the relatively favourable weather conditions, an opening in the roofing subcontractor's diary and the fact that there are no students on site over the summer holidays. The application for this part is therefore semi retrospective.
The hope was initially that the roof tiles could be reused, but the majority of the existing slate tiles were in poor condition as they had already been re-used or re-fixed. New slate tiles of similar appearance were therefore selected and they match the tiles on the right-hand side of the roof which had previously been repaired.
The new roof construction will include counter-battening, membranes and insulation as required by current regulations for refurbishments on the Isle of Man and will be thermally efficient and suitable for the location.
3.1 The changes proposed do not affect access to the site or highways arrangements and they will therefore not have any adverse effect on road safety or traffic flows on the local highways.
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Drawings List
Drawing No. Rev Issue Date
2403-EALPL-0001 Site Overview Plan Rev 00 14.08.2024
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APPENDIX A – WINDOW & DOOR INFORMATION
THE PVCu windows selected match the style of window already installed on other parts of the interconnected buildings and the specification, layout, colour and dimensions are outlined below.
The Product link is as follows: https://www.camdengroup.co.uk/windows
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APPENDIX B - PORCH INFORMATION
THE selected enclosed / open sided weather shelter matches the style of the storm lobby installed at the adjacent arts building and the specification, layout and dimensions are outlined below.
The specified colour is RAL 9010 – Pure White. The Product link is as follows: https://www.shelter-solutions.co.uk/product/enclosed-entrance-canopies/
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