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hi,, I'm new here. I have a converted loft in my bungalow which houses my master bedroom. the previous owners had the conversion done and although have had a dormer window put in the rear of the bedroom, they had two skylights put in the front.
the skylights are fine but when it rains, 9 times out of 10 I have to shut them as it makes the floor and bed wet., also they are high up so I cant see out of them. I would like to put dormers in the front as well. would I need planning permission and also what sort of price would it cost? thanks
 
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You would need planning permission, the local authority fee would be £172, to get someone to draw it up and apply for you would be in the region of £200-500.

Unfortunately though the chances of getting front dormers approved is slim to nil nowadays on account that they look poo. If plenty of houses around you have front dormers already you can use that in your argument but I wouldn't bet on it helping much.
 
thank you for that info. I am one of about six bungalows that were built at the same time, and one only has a dormer which was put on sometime back. shame cos I would have put in nice (at least to me) dormers that make it like a cottage type. any solutions to skylights that don't let in rain? could I at least have larger skylights put in as these are too high up and I cant see out of them, only on a stepping stool.
you would have thought if the council didn't like the dormers that were put in they would have said something. I personally don't like dormers in roofs of two storey houses, now they can look awful.
 
Think you'll find you are not meant to look out of them, in fact I'm not sure they shouldn't be fixed and not open
 
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If you put in a small dormer(s) with pitched roofs to the same slope as the existing roof, it will not necessarily be refused. I've had a few of these approved over the years - as long as they are small in scale and not too obtrusive, you stand a reasonable chance.
 
the existing bedroom is about 24 feet long so I could ask the council, if I can alter the two skylights to dormers.
these skylights do open and they are velux so are a good make. I have seen bigger skylights than these they are approx. 18" x 24" big. when I first moved there the rear dormer also was frosted over, so in actual fact you couldn't see out at all. thank you for the replies anyway
 
beautiful aren't they, I love. whats so funny is you could have them but skylights have to be a certain height for safety reasons lol are you able to have them on a 'trickle' ie opened just enough to get air in without rain coming in too?
 
Jenny you can't have anything without planning approval.
 
jenny63 said:
beautiful aren't they, I love. whats so funny is you could have them but skylights have to be a certain height for safety reasons lol are you able to have them on a 'trickle' ie opened just enough to get air in without rain coming in too?
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If you look closely, the balcony windows have a barrier at roughly waist height to stop you falling, which is broadly the same height as the bottom of a standard velux is allowed to be.

Velux windows do have a trickle setting. You simply pull the handle down, but don't open the window.

As doitall says, you will need planning approval.
 
I see if even tho I have skylights, but then again, you don't need permission with them. what sort of price would you expectto pay with the cabrio's?
 
jenny63 said:
I see if even tho I have skylights, but then again, you don't need permission with them. what sort of price would you expectto pay with the cabrio's?
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But you do thats why they are where they are.
 
Jenny, simplest solution is to fit a couple of top hung Velux type windows lower down the roof slope. Top hung windows are much more usable than centre pivot and allow you to stand in the window and look out very easily. The install is fairly easy with not much disruption and you don't need planning.
 
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