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External cladding at the rear with UPVC windows is fine. But I'm not quite ready to see our vernacular historic housing stock change its front-face just yet. Internal insulation and secondary glazing should do.

It's all very well saying that “good quality design professionals need to explain and justify why their proposals are appropriate to the context", but most conversions will not be guided by any kind of design professional, let alone good ones.

There is a danger that we might be opening the door to something we will painfully regret in the longterm.