Friday January 12th 2024
A house in Glasclune Gardens, North Berwick, has been given the go ahead for UPVC windows in a modern estate.
A home owner has been given the go ahead to install UPVC windows despite living in a conservation area after planners said it would only be seen by the neighbours.
East Lothian planners approved the replacement windows at the detached property in North Berwick which they said is on a ‘relatively modern’ housing estate.
And while they acknowledged it would be going against normal policy to allow the changes in a conservation area, they said an exception could be made because of the house’s location.
They said: “The use of UPVC as a framing material for windows and doors in not normally acceptable in conservation areas in East Lothian. However, in this instance the applicant’s house forms part of a relatively modern housing development which is characterised by modern style houses.
“Due to its location within the housing development the applicant’s house is not be visible from outwith the housing development. Therefore the proposed replacement windows and doors would not be visible from outwith the housing development.”
The house is on Glasclune Gardens, in the seaside town, and the applicant was granted permission to replace all the single glazed timber windows and doors with UPVC frames which will bear a similarity to the original.
East Lothian Council’s planning policy states that replacing windows in a conservation area must “preserve or enhance the area’s special architectural or historic character”.
However it has exceptions where the replacement makes no visible different, the building itself does not contribute to the character of the conservation area or changes will not impact on it or cannot be seen by the public.
No objections were lodged against the application which has been approved by planning officials.
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