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Planning Permission for windows and doors across Bromley and Kent
If you’re planning any home improvements and you’re concerned about planning permission, there’s no need to worry. At FineLine, we’ll arrange everything on your behalf. Windows and doors usually don’t require planning permission but if yours do, we’ll liaise with the local authorities to ensure that all legislation is met.
At FineLine, we employ a range of highly skilled industry professionals. To help with your window and door design and planning, an architect will visit your home to gather all the measurements for your proposed home improvements. Detailed drawings will be created and submitted to the council for approval. You will be kept up to date of the progress and you’ll receive copies of all designs and drawings.
Building regulations for windows and doors in Kent
Your new windows and doors must comply with the latest building regulations. This means that:
- Replacement windows must have a minimum U-value of 1.6W/m2k or an energy rating of C.
- Replacement doors must have a minimum U-value of 1.8W/m2k or an energy rating of E.
- Windows and doors for new builds have a target U-value of 1.4/m2k.
- Front door replacements for properties built since 1999 must maintain a level threshold.
- For optimum ventilation, windows and doors with trickle vents may be required.
- Safety glazing is required for doors that feature glazing up to 1500mm from floor level and unobstructed openable areas that are at least 0.33sqm and 450mm high and 450mm wide.
- Fixed (non-opening windows) may be required to meet fire safety criteria.
- Replacement escape windows must be at least 450mm x 450mm with a clear openable area of at least 0.33m², and the bottom of the openable area should be no more than 1100mm above floor level.
- Fireproof doors are required for internal doors between a garage and the main dwelling, for loft conversions and in properties of more than 2 storeys where doors open into a stairwell.
- Social housing building regs state that all habitable rooms in buildings of one or two storeys to be fitted with an escape window. Exceptions may apply for ground floor rooms that lead directly to an escape window or external door. As FENSA Approved Installers, we are fully equipped to self-certify compliance with Building Regulations, eliminating the need for separate approval from your Local Authority.
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