Condition evidence
A numbered, photographed record of every window in scope, written so that it can be cited directly in your heritage statement.
For architects
Heritage window consultant for architects
Independent window evidence for your planning application, from a practice that is not competing for the work: condition reports, an early view on consent, and measured drawings.
Architects and designers come to us for an independent heritage window condition report to sit beneath the heritage statement, for an early view on whether a window proposal is likely to be accepted, and for the measured drawings and glazing sections the submission will need. Our advice does not depend on who carries out the work.
The situation
Why use a heritage window consultant on a planning application?
Most window refusals are for insufficient information rather than because of the proposal itself. An officer being asked to accept a replacement wants to see the condition of what is there now, recorded window by window, and the reasoning that led from that condition to the proposal, and that is what a condition report provides.
Evidence also carries further when the practice producing it is not the practice that would carry out the work. We survey and report, the consultancy is run independently of the group’s joinery businesses, and every recommendation is reached from the condition of the building.
What we do
What you get from us
A feasibility view
An early view on whether a proposal is likely to be accepted, before the drawings are finished and the design is fixed around it.
Drawings and sections
Measured elevations, 1:5 sections, glazing bar details and glazing cross-sections to the level the council’s validation requirements set.
Questions
Common questions
At what RIBA stage should we involve you?
Before the drawings are finished, ideally at feasibility or concept stage. A survey that arrives after a design is fixed tends to be read by an officer as justification rather than evidence, which is the weaker position at consent stage.
Can we cite the report in a heritage statement?
Yes, it is written to be cited, and the photographs carry the same codes as the schedule so that an officer can follow any statement back to the window it came from.
Do you produce the drawings as well?
Yes, the measured survey, 1:5 elevations and sections, 1:1 glazing bar details and glazing cross-sections, prepared to the standard your council sets in its validation requirements.
Will you tell us if the proposal is unlikely to get through?
Yes, and it is often the more useful answer. We would much rather say so at feasibility stage than see the application refused.
Do you work outside London?
Yes, we carry out on-site surveys across the UK from London, with travel quoted per job, and digital surveys are available anywhere.
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Send us a project- Practice
- Heritage Window Consultants Ltd
- Address
- London N1
- Enquiries
- 020 7164 6305