Volunteers behind an ambitious restoration of Ramsey Pier have lodged plans to reinstate a gatehouse clock.

Work is progressing well on the project to restore the landmark to its former glory.

Replacement steel for the first bay has been ordered and is currently being fabricated at Gallas Foundry in Douglas. It will be sent to the UK to be galvanised before it is delivered, part assembled.

Planks for the decking of the first three bays were delivered at the end of June.

Now planning consent (18/00684/GB) and a registered building application (18/00685/CON) have been submitted by the Queen’s Pier Restoration Trust.

One important element is the need to confirm the type of bracket used to support the widening of the pier structure at the landward end, adding 5ft of decking to each side.

Permission is also sought to reinstate the boarded up windows on the entrance block, and to fit a new clock on the front, in its original position between the words "Queen’s" and "Pier".

The style of the new clock will be sympathetic to the existing lettering.

Two flagpoles, not more than 6m high, will be reinstated on the gatehouse.

And the pebbledash exterior will be painted with a rubber oil-based paint of a colour selected by a public vote from a list of six already discussed with the planning office.

Retrospective approval is required for the Portakabin which has been in place since August last year and is used on a daily basis as an office and rest room for volunteers - and for permission to move the security gates to their current location by bay four.

The trust signed a five-year lease in July last year to restore the first three bays of the Victorian landmark.

Estimated cost to complete the work in the first bay is £60,000, including £35,000 for the steelwork. Costs to restore bays 2 and 3 are estimated at £40,000.

Paul Gaylor at the Gallas Foundry said: ’We’ve worked on various structures around the harbour and bridges but never an iron pier restoration.’