A listed Hull city pub has succeeded in keeping its PVCu replacement windows after ripping out the original timber sashes without planning permission.
A retrospective planning application by the owners of the Whittington & Cat pub was approved by councillors at a meeting on January 7, despite a recommendation for refusal from planning officers.
“The committee thought the windows had an acceptable effect on the external appearance of the building,” said a council spokesperson.
The 19th century building, listed in 2006, is considered a strategically important building of local architectural/historic interest.
Its sliding timber sashes, with horns and curved top rails, on the first and second floors were replaced without planning permission in April 2008. The PVCu replacements have a fixed top sash, a top-hung bottom sash, no horns, an over-thick meeting rail and disproportionately-sized top and bottom sash stiles.
The owner argued that the refurbishment of the building was fundamental to the success of the pub and that the original windows were leaking.
