Laxey Wheel: Objections to revised entrance plans
CG Visualisation IOMCommissioners in the east of the Isle of Man have objected to the latest plans put forward for a new visitor entrance at the Laxey Wheel.
Manx National Heritage (MNH) submitted the new design in January following controversy over initial "inappropriate" plans.
The local authority in Garff met this month to discuss the design after they visited the site and met with members of MNH.
Commissioner Stuart Clague said he was "dead against" the new building, appealing to keep the existing stone hut.
The latest design would see the original turnstile entrance and brick kiosk, put in in the 1980s, demolished to make way for a larger building clad in natural cedar wood.
The new building would take up an additional 344 sq ft (32 sq m) of the space currently used.
Clague feared coach visitors would be so deterred they would take a photo of the landmark from the car park and go back down the hill.
He believed MNH should instead build a staff room to the side, next to a proposed toilet block.
It was "important" the development was "right", he said.
Fellow commissioner Julie Pinson agreed, adding the authority should not accept the design because it was all MNH could afford, and the application should be considered in isolation.
While the majority of commissioners voted not to support the plans, Stan Ryzak and Marinda Fargher were in support.
Ryzak said the local authority could not raise money for MNH but they could support it.
The organisation also hoped to put a shop on the site, which Ryzak noted was something other "less important" sites had around the island.
The BBC has contacted MNH for a response.
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