Replacement windows
The Victorian and Edwardian streets near the station suit sliding sashes; the inter-war and post-war roads beyond them were built with casements. Either can be made with acoustic glass.
Double glazing, windows and doors in Horley
New windows and doors for Horley homes, with the glass chosen for life beside an airport as well as for warmth.
- Seven miles from the East Grinstead showroom
- Acoustic, triple and secondary glazing
- Our own fitters and a 10 year guarantee
East Grinstead showroom · covering Sussex, Surrey and Kent
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On every product we supply and install
Family run since 2007
Our own fitters — never subcontracted out
Holtye Windows in Horley
Between the airport and the Surrey countryside
Horley sits just inside Surrey, with Gatwick immediately to the south and farmland on the other three sides. It is a town of well-built family houses, and the questions people ask here are practical ones: warmth, security and, this close to a runway, noise.
We are seven miles away in East Grinstead. Surveys are free and done at your home, and the fitters who turn up are our own.
What we fit
Windows, doors and conservatories for Horley homes
Supplied, fitted and guaranteed for 10 years by our own team. Nothing is subcontracted.
New doors
A solid composite door with compression seals keeps out more sound than a hollow panel door, and looks right on the town’s bay-fronted semis.
Conservatories and extensions
If the conservatory is the noisiest room in the house, the roof is why. An insulated warm roof changes that, and makes the room usable in winter.
Home improvements
Cladding, fascias and guttering can be renewed at the same visit, which is the cheapest time to do them.
Homes in Horley
Victorian by the station, new at the edges
Horley has grown outwards for 150 years, and each ring has its own kind of window.
Horley was a small settlement round Church Road and Horley Row until the railway station opened in 1841. By the 1890s it was drawing developers, and the streets near the station filled with brick villas and terraces. Massetts Road, with its Edwardian villas, is now a conservation area.
The second surge came with Gatwick. Since the 1950s the town has grown quickly, first with semis, bungalows and closes, and most recently with whole new neighbourhoods on its north-east and north-west sides at The Acres and Westvale Park.
The older houses follow the Low Weald habit of orange-red brick with tile-hanging above. For those, the job is usually to put the right style of window back. For the post-war ones it is to replace worn-out first-generation double glazing with something that actually seals.
Our work
The kind of work Horley 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 for windows and doors in Horley
Horley is in the borough of Reigate & Banstead, whose council decides planning applications until 31 March 2027. From 1 April 2027 the new East Surrey Council takes over. The rules themselves do not change with the name on the door.
The town’s conservation areas are Church Road, Massetts Road and Meath Green, and the council has been considering others, Horley Row among them. Do not assume the usual freedom applies in them. The borough says planning permission is generally required for replacement windows in its conservation areas, because Article 4 directions have been served on most of them. If you live in one, ask the council before you order.
Outside the conservation areas, replacing the windows and doors of a house is normally permitted development. Horley is not in the Surrey Hills, and the fields round it are not Green Belt but a local designation of their own, so conservatories and extensions have the standard limits.
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.
Worth knowing locally
Glazing for a house near Gatwick
The airport is just over the borough boundary, and Horley Town Council has said it remains very concerned about aircraft noise for residents in the south of the town. The borough’s own policy requires a full noise assessment before new homes can be built inside Gatwick’s noise contours.
For an existing house, the practical answer is the glass. Acoustic laminated double glazing fits an ordinary frame and cuts noticeably more sound than a standard unit. Triple glazing goes further, and secondary glazing, with its wide air gap, furthest of all.
Before you order, look at Gatwick’s Noise Insulation Scheme. Eligible households can apply for a grant of up to £4,300 plus VAT towards double glazing for windows and doors. Eligibility depends on a boundary shown on a map on the airport’s website, and the scheme has its own terms, so read them first.
Projects
Recent projects near Horley
The nearest jobs we have written up in full, with photos and the detail of what was done.
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 project5 miles from Horley
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 project7 miles from Horley
Whole-house renovation
Windows, doors, a Supalite warm roof extension, kitchen, cloakroom, flooring and decorating — all handled by one team from start to finish.
View project7 miles from Horley
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
Horley and the places around it
We cover the whole of Horley, and we don’t stop at the edge of town.
- Meath Green
- Langshott
- The Acres
- Westvale Park
- Hookwood
- Povey Cross
- Charlwood
- Smallfield
- Burstow
- Salfords
- Sidlow
- Norwood Hill
- Outwood
Nearby areas: Crawley, Redhill, Reigate, Copthorne, East Grinstead. See everywhere we cover.
Questions
Horley: your questions
Can’t see what you need? Call 01342 410079 and we’ll answer it properly.
What is the best glazing for aircraft noise in Horley?
For most houses, acoustic laminated double glazing is the sensible step up: it fits a normal frame and cuts noticeably more sound than standard units. Triple glazing and secondary glazing go further. Secondary glazing, with its wide air gap, is the most effective of all, and suits bedrooms that face the airport.
Do I need planning permission for new windows in Horley?
Outside the conservation areas, not normally, for a house, provided the new windows look similar to the old. Inside Church Road, Massetts Road or Meath Green it is different: Reigate & Banstead says permission is generally needed for replacement windows in its conservation areas. Flats should always check first.
Is there a grant for double glazing near Gatwick?
There can be. Gatwick’s Noise Insulation Scheme offers eligible residents up to £4,300 plus VAT towards double glazing for windows and doors. Whether your address qualifies depends on the scheme boundary, which is shown on a map on the airport’s website. We cannot tell you that; the airport can.
Can you fit secondary glazing behind my existing windows?
Yes. It is a separate, slim inner window fitted on the room side, so the outside of the house does not change. That makes it useful where the existing windows are sound, or have to stay for planning reasons.
Do you cover the villages around Horley?
Yes: Charlwood, Hookwood, Smallfield, Burstow, Salfords, Sidlow, Norwood Hill and Outwood, as well as Meath Green, Langshott and the newer neighbourhoods at The Acres and Westvale Park.
Free quotations
Ready for a quote in Horley?
Book a free, no-obligation survey at your home in Horley, or come and see us at the East Grinstead showroom.