Replacement windows
Sliding sashes for the Victorian and Edwardian roads near the station, casements for the estates, and flush casements where a cottage in Lindfield or Cuckfield needs something that looks hand-made.
Double glazing, windows and doors in Haywards Heath
New windows, doors and conservatories for Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Cuckfield, from a family firm ten miles to the north-east.
- Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Cuckfield
- Sliding sashes, casements and flush casements
- Free survey and a written, itemised quote
East Grinstead showroom · covering Sussex, Surrey and Kent
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From 149 verified customer reviews
Certass registered
Fully insured and SafeContractor approved
10 year guarantee
On every product we supply and install
Family run since 2007
Our own fitters — never subcontracted out
Holtye Windows in Haywards Heath
A town the railway built
Haywards Heath barely existed before the London to Brighton line opened in 1841. What followed was street after street of commuter housing: Victorian villas first, then Edwardian, inter-war and post-war, and most recently Bolnore Village.
Either side of it are two much older places, Lindfield and Cuckfield, where the rules on windows are stricter. We cover all three from East Grinstead, ten miles away.
What we fit
Windows, doors and conservatories for Haywards Heath homes
Supplied, fitted and guaranteed for 10 years by our own team. Nothing is subcontracted.
New doors
Composite front doors in period colours suit the town’s villas. On the newer estates, French doors or bifolds make more of a small garden than a single back door ever did.
Conservatories and extensions
A conservatory, orangery or garden room adds a room without the cost of moving. In The Heath conservation area the council resists uPVC conservatories, so ask before you plan one there.
Home improvements
Fascias, soffits and guttering in uPVC end the cycle of repainting, and are easiest done at the same time as the windows.
Homes in Haywards Heath
Villas, semis and Bolnore Village
The town spreads out from the station in rings, each a few decades newer than the last.
The oldest streets cluster round the station and Muster Green: Victorian villas on Church Road, Oathall Road and Paddockhall Road, and terraces of the 1870s off Boltro Road and Sussex Road. They were built with timber sashes, and some of the larger houses are now flats.
Before 1914 the town had spread along Gordon Road, Queens Road, Lucastes Road and Ashenground Road. Between the wars it reached Bentswood, Sunte Avenue and Franklands Village, a model village of the 1930s that is now a conservation area. Post-war estates filled the gaps, and Bolnore Village has been added on the south-west side since 2000.
Lindfield’s High Street and the centre of Cuckfield are a different matter: timber-framed, tile-hung and Georgian houses, many of them listed, where windows are controlled far more closely.
Our work
The kind of work Haywards Heath asks us for
All our own installations, photographed on site across Sussex, Surrey and Kent. Select a photo to see it full size.
Local planning
Planning permission in Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Cuckfield
Mid Sussex District Council, whose offices are in the town, is the planning authority. Haywards Heath has six conservation areas: Muster Green, The Heath, Lucastes, Lewes Road, Franklands Village and Mill Hill Close.
None of the six has an Article 4 direction, so houses within them keep the normal right to replace windows with ones of similar appearance. The council’s appraisal of The Heath nonetheless asks for timber windows to be kept in preference to uPVC, and its district design guide prefers timber on traditional buildings generally.
Lindfield and Cuckfield are stricter. Both conservation areas have had Article 4 directions since 1995, removing permitted development rights for alterations to any side of a house that faces a road, a waterway or an open space. In practice, new windows or doors on the street front there need planning permission.
On newer estates such as Bolnore Village, check the planning history before adding a conservatory. Permitted development rights are sometimes removed by a condition on the estate’s original permission.
The national rules, briefly
- Replacing the windows and doors of a house does not normally need planning permission, as long as the new ones look similar to the old.
- Flats and maisonettes do not have that right, and a listed building needs listed building consent. Check with the council before changing either.
- Every replacement window and external door has to meet Building Regulations. We’re Certass registered, so we certify the work ourselves and you receive the certificate within eight weeks.
- A conservatory or single-storey rear extension is often permitted development too, within size limits that tighten in conservation areas and protected landscapes.
Projects
Recent projects near Haywards Heath
The nearest jobs we have written up in full, with photos and the detail of what was done.
Replacement windows and stable doors
Twenty-two windows replaced on a period brick house, with two stable doors and a pair of French doors, finished with astragal Georgian bars.
View project4 miles from Haywards Heath
White aluminium bifold doors
A five-pane white aluminium bifold across the full width of a garden-facing room, with blinds sealed inside the glass.
View project9 miles from Haywards Heath
Summer house windows and doors
Tired timber windows and double doors on a garden summer house, replaced with white PVCu frames and Georgian bars.
View project10 miles from Haywards Heath
Customer reviews
What our customers say
Rated 10/10 from 149 reviews on Checkatrade, where we’ve been a vetted member since 2014.
Where we work
Haywards Heath and the places around it
We cover the whole of Haywards Heath, and we don’t stop at the edge of town.
- Lindfield
- Cuckfield
- Bolnore Village
- Scaynes Hill
- Wivelsfield
- Wivelsfield Green
- Ansty
- Ardingly
- Balcombe
- Horsted Keynes
- Staplefield
- Whitemans Green
Nearby areas: Burgess Hill, East Grinstead, Uckfield, Lewes, Crawley. See everywhere we cover.
Questions
Haywards Heath: your questions
Can’t see what you need? Call 01342 410079 and we’ll answer it properly.
Do I need planning permission for new windows in Haywards Heath?
Not normally for a house, if the new windows look similar to the old. That includes houses in the town’s six conservation areas, none of which has an Article 4 direction. Flats and listed buildings need consent from Mid Sussex District Council.
I live in a flat in a converted villa. Can I replace my windows?
Yes, but flats do not have the permitted development rights that houses do. An identical, like-for-like replacement may not need planning permission; any change of material or appearance will, and you will usually need the freeholder’s consent too. In a Victorian villa the council will want sliding sashes that match the building.
Do you work in Lindfield and Cuckfield?
Yes. Both have Article 4 directions on their conservation areas, so a change to a window or door facing the street needs planning permission, and the council will expect it to suit the house. We can advise on what is likely to be accepted before you apply.
How far away are you?
Our showroom is at 2 Station Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1DJ, about ten miles from Haywards Heath. Surveys are done at your home, so you only need to make the trip if you would like to see the products first.
Free quotations
Ready for a quote in Haywards Heath?
Book a free, no-obligation survey at your home in Haywards Heath, or come and see us at the East Grinstead showroom.