Listed Houses Owners Help Wanted - Double Glazing ...

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I live in a grade 2 listed house, I've lived in it for just over a year, its not my first listed house so I have some experience in getting consent / planning etc.
The house currently has wooden windows all of which are in a terrible condition and most are beyond repair, the previous owners didn't do any maintenance sadly and I'm currently waiting for the listed building consent to comeback for repointing. The house is in a very rundown state. Most windows are heavily rotted, cracks in the glass, painted shut and do not open. I've had joiners round and the general consensus is they are to far gone.
Now none of the windows are original the house was derelict for 10 years boarded up, and was completely gutted in the 60's and 70's where everything inside was burned.

Now I only wish to replace the windows for like for like, beautiful handmade wooden windows that would look identical to ones I currently have in style and appearance, just thicker glass so they would be double glazed. I live on a very busy road. I have spoken to the conservation officer who said I could replace like for like (single glazed) but didn't think I'd get permission for double glazing.

My question is to all listed owners, have any of you had any luck in getting double glazing / replacing windows, any suggestions and advice would be most welcomed xx

@Wbeezer Indeed. Our quote for a 9 pane window was about 40% more expensive in the "slimlite" double glazing which is allowed in our area. I must say most people seem to opt for single glazing as I had a good look around at what other people had done.

We had ultra thin double glazing put into tiny Georgian cottage window frames with no problems at all. You can't from looking at it that it is double paned at all, and there is something new on the market with a vacuum between the leaves (I think?) that is even thinner.

Our conservation officer is great. Thoughtful and positive and uses his judgment. Down the road there is an American woman who refuses to let anything be touched. From a 1970s gas fire place in a tudor home to a corrugated iron sheet on a pig pen someone wanted to restore to thatch as a cottage. Listed building owners live in fear and frustration of her.

I had a look a Pilkington spacia for my conservation (not listed) house. We have 9 bay windows, all single glazed. We looked at having double glazed panes retrofitted to the frames but the thing that put me off was a) price (was something like £70k all in, before covid) and b) the glazing units themselves only have a 5 year guarantee.