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Cladding wise, the dormer looks nicer than the adjoining two but we will need to agree to disagree on the wider points Chris.
This is the Planning Application for that project. The proposed section shows a floor-ceiling height of 2m in the loft space, that is a sub-standard space however you decide to roll it in glitter.
This is a good architectural project resource website that handily has that project for free-to-view. If you compare the proposed sections from each of the above, you will see that they lowered the existing 1st floor ceiling to achieve the loft extension probably increasing the floor-to-ceiling by 100-200mm to realise the loft extension (still below an acceptable head height) but in turn removing any original features and charm of the 1st floor. You'll see they also paid £210k for the above (unsure if that includes VAT, it won't include fees) and at the end of the day you are still next to those adjoining dormers.
I dunno, I know I am being negative and that loft extensions typically serve a real purpose for those who build them resulting from the wider broken market (property values, inability to move up the 'ladder'), but they are straight-up ugly and rarely function as habitable spaces. I don't think I could relax in the above project's garden and look back at that house.