The Network for Planning Enforcement (NAPE) has recently featured a case study of a semi detached Edwardian property in a conservation area in Stockport where timber windows were replaced without first applying for planning permission (as the area was subject to an Article 4(2) direction).
The case covers issues of:
- Applications for a certificate of lawful development (refused and dismissed on appeal)
- Discussions regarding the use of u-PVC windows complying with the Councils energy efficiency policies within its Core Strategy
- Submission of a retrospective planning application
- Issuing of enforcement notices for removal of u-PVC windows and installation of replacement windows (with appropriate levels of detail for specification) (appealed and dismissed on appeal)
NAPE writes:
The appeal decisions.. show how the Inspector considered first whether the windows were development and then the fact that u-PVC windows are detrimental and may be of use in similar cases.
Additional cases involving u-PVC windows include:
Information on the RTPI Network for Planning Enforcement (NAPE)
Search planning portal for appeal references APP/C4235/C/14/2214760 and APP/C4235/X/13/2209170
