Plans have been submitted to convert the Church Hall adjoining the Church of St Saviour’s on the Cliff, Queens Road, Shanklin, to a single dwelling home.
Documents on the council’s planning portal explain that the Church itself is a Grade II listed building, with the Hall currently recognised as being in need of urgent repairs — it’s actually included within Historic England’s Heritage At Risk Register — but the applicant says, without the necessary funds available, these works cannot be undertaken as there are no financial means to do so.
Sold off with permission to fund other repairs
The applicant explain that by achieving residential planning permission the “currently unusable asset” could be sold, allowing the necessary works to the Church Hall itself to be carried out, but also generating funds that can be spent elsewhere on necessary repairs, renovations and upgrades as desperately needed by the Church.
The Hall is an extension to the north side of the main building group which was constructed with the North Aisle in 1876. The more recent addition of 1972 is planned to be demolished.
View the plans
You can view the plans on the council’s planning portal (24/00007/FUL).
The public consultation runs until Friday 26th July 2024.
