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Ha this.
We live in one, none of the buildings are fancy, its just that there is a lot of them and nothing >1950 in sight. So not allowed now to change to anything but sliding sash, you are allowed double glazed but must be in wood frames! Since approx 2016
Would kind of get it if 80% of the street isn't already a total mix of white/green/brown, UPVC double casement, tilt and turn, wooden single glaze casement, some original ones and some original ones that have been taken apart and double glazing unit let into them, then totally rebuilt at massive cost (a £1k per window probably). So nothing in the street matchs and hasn't for likely 40+ years, so why now are they putting restrictions on staying warm and using less energy to heat? Mental.
BrickMan-
Pointless conservation areas are one of the many things I don't miss about working in London.
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so why now are they putting restrictions on staying warm and using less energy to heat?
There's some campaigning going on atm around this - especially local councils that have declared a climate emergency and have loads of conservation areas. Sympathetic conservation officers and planners are starting to come around but it varies hugely and the written local planning guidance needs to be changed to make it easier to improve homes in terms of energy use.
Bobbo
hoefla
Tell that to the local council of a conservation area