The Many Benefits of Installing Skylights and Rooflights
Installing a skylight or rooflight in your Westmorland home will make it brighter, more comfortable and more liveable, and it can bring formerly unusable space, like a loft, into the household fold. The brighter home that results from skylights and rooflights will also be one that does not require as much electric lighting, enabling you to save on your monthly energy bills.
In addition, if you choose a skylight or rooflight that opens it will make your home drier and more airy, which will also discourage the growth of potentially dangerous mould. And let's not forget about the bump in home value you're likely to enjoy after installing a skylight or skylights.
About Planning Permission
A lot of our customers want to know if they will need to obtain planning permission in order to install skylights and rooflights in Westmorland. The answer is… it depends.
There will definitely be instances when planning permission is not required. But just as surely there will be instances when it is. For example: if the skylight or rooflight will protrude more than 15 cm about the existing roof line you may need planning permission. Also, if any part of the new roof window will rise above the highest point of the existing roof you may need planning permission.
Finally, if your home is a Listed Building or it is located in a Conservation Area it is almost certain that you will need planning permission before you make any changes to it.
