Could this be the final nail for the high street?
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More net zero, is every pain of glass going to be double glazed, cannot see how Landlords can comply.
https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/commercial-lan...
https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/commercial-lan...
Good Plan Ted said:
More net zero, is every pain of glass going to be double glazed, cannot see how Landlords can comply.
https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/commercial-lan...
In answer to your question - No. I can't think of a competent commercial landlord who's not had this on their radar for the last 10 years. For the last 5 years this has been a requirement for most commercial property finance. It is being driven by both the legislation and occupier requirements. The costs of improvements are just factored into the running costs of the buildings. https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/news/commercial-lan...
mikef said:
Terminator X said:
Only a matter of time before they bring this nonsense in for homeowners.
I wish they would. Living in a listed building we are not allowed to install double glazingnumber2 said:
mikef said:
I wish they would. Living in a listed building we are not allowed to install double glazing
You can have internal secondary glazing. I also understand that replica double glazing can be and often is acceptable.Apologies if you have explored these options.
mikef said:
It’s worse than that. Jobsworth from local authority planning told us “we would not have approved this size of window if you were doing the conversion now. We will only approve the size and style that we would do if it were a new application”
Where do they find these people?milesgiles said:
Where do they find these people?
Too afraid of losing their pensions for a wrong decision so stick rigidly to the rules, plus lack of support from their supervisor if they make a sensible decision.How do I know? Worked briefly for a council after private industry I was shocked at some of the practises
And then a neighbour reports them to jobsworth and grief follows? Don’t understand that approach, that’s when you see house owners being told to dismantle an illegal build, just not worth the stress and when you try to sell your house it could cause all sorts of problems.
We built a bungalow and had the builder install French doors where we were going to build a conservatory, there was a three foot drop so builder was unhappy with not having permission from planning.
Leave it with me I will sort it out I told him. Jobsworth after explanation that we intended to build a conservatory when all the bills were paid he said OK I need a letter stating you will keep the French doors locked at all time, did that and satisfied builder. So jobsworth covered his ar$e to his supervisors and gave me what I wanted. Sometimes it pays to be reasonable with planning and ask what you have to do to keep within the law and planning rules and he keeps his job.
I appreciate not all planning people are so sensible and cause grief for the sake of it.
We built a bungalow and had the builder install French doors where we were going to build a conservatory, there was a three foot drop so builder was unhappy with not having permission from planning.
Leave it with me I will sort it out I told him. Jobsworth after explanation that we intended to build a conservatory when all the bills were paid he said OK I need a letter stating you will keep the French doors locked at all time, did that and satisfied builder. So jobsworth covered his ar$e to his supervisors and gave me what I wanted. Sometimes it pays to be reasonable with planning and ask what you have to do to keep within the law and planning rules and he keeps his job.
I appreciate not all planning people are so sensible and cause grief for the sake of it.
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