A homeowner's planning wrangle with a council has ended in defeat as a bid to change his windows was thrown out.
The occupant of a Bungay home had applied to East Suffolk Council to change his grey timber single-glazed windows to 'Grey Anthracite PVCu sliding sashes'.
The application for the Scales Street changes was refused in August, leading to the occupant filing an appeal.
He had contracted Anglian Home Improvements to carry out the work.
But now the homeowner has received the news that his appeal for permission to continue with his plans to change his home's windows has been refused.
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The planning inspector, H Lock, dismissed the occupant's appeal stating several grounds for why replacing the windows would be "inappropriate".
The report says that East Suffolk Council has a statutory duty to pay "special attention to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of a conservation area".
Addressing the homeowner's argument that the hedge at the front hides the property from street view, the planning inspector said the upstairs windows are "clearly visible" above the hedge.
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As a result, the report says that the conservation area in the town would suffer "harm" from the "inappropriate use of modern materials".
The inspector argued that while the proposed windows would be similar in style to the existing ones, they would not have the "delicacy of the existing framing and glazing bars", nor the "natural finish of timber".
The report says that the proposed windows would have "benefits of reduced energy costs and improved health and well-being for residents".
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However this "would not justify the replacement windows in the form proposed" due to the materials used damaging the "character and appearance" of the conservation area.
The report concluded that the plans to replace the windows "would not preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the conservation area" and therefore the inspector dismissed the appeal.
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