{"id":9036,"date":"2014-11-28T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9036"},"modified":"2014-11-28T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T16:38:42","slug":"double-glazing-test-case-for-listed-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9036","title":{"rendered":"Double glazing test case for listed homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hampshire parish councillor Timothy Guiness has mounted a test case in the High Court over whether he should be allowed to fit double glazing in his listed farmhouse at Ellisfield<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Timothy Guinness said planning authorities showed \u2018prejudice\u2019 about double glazing in listed properties because designs had moved on since the windows were restricted to \u2018frightful PVC\u2019., attacking what he brands as a \u2018prejudice\u2019 by planners against allowing double glazed windows in listed buildings.<\/p>\n<p>His application for listed building consent to replace the windows was initially refused by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in September 2013, on the basis that the proposal would harm the historic character, appearance and significance of the property.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the inspector rejected the couple&#8217;s appeal, finding that the proposed timber windows would be \u2018bulky\u2019 in comparison to the existing metal frames.<\/p>\n<p>Though she accepted that the Crittall windows at the property are of \u2018very poor quality\u2019, she found that the proposed windows would be of an equally poor design.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing communities secretary Eric Pickles argued that the inspector had been entitled to reach the decision she did in the exercise of her planning judgment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/law\/article4273952.ece\" target=\"_blank\">The Times article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2014\/november14\/271114\/271114_6\" target=\"_blank\">Search Planning Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire parish councillor Timothy Guiness has mounted a test case in the High Court over whether he should be allowed to fit double glazing in his listed farmhouse at Ellisfield Timothy Guinness said planning authorities showed \u2018prejudice\u2019 about double glazing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9036\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9037,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9036\/revisions\/9037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}