If windows are in breach of planning on a new residential private dwelling house is there any way around it to retain them. ? I have just built the house and cannot afford to replace them. Any advice welcome thanks.
You can (a) apply for retention permission and hope you get permission
(b) do nothing and hope the council doesn't notice for the next seven years (they have to enforce any planning conditions within seven years, so if no enforcement in that time they can't touch you. problem is that the windows don't have permission still so could cause a problem if the house was being sold)
(c) What were you thinking of - what was your builder/architect thinking of ? You got planning permission for one thing and you did another?
(d) Have you a mortgage?If yes, your solicitor cannot complete the certification of title unless the architect signs off, issues the cert of complience ( which I assume s/he can't) or unless your lender is willing to overlook the unauthorised development.