A homeowner has been taken to court for painting his house and installing grey uPVC windows but is adamant he is keeping the controversial features. Aneel Zafar has been locked in a battle with Stoke-on-Trent City Council ever since he painted his house grey and installed matching plastic windows four years ago.
The 32-year-old has splashed out around £20,000 on the new windows at his home in Tunstall, Staffordshire, because the old wooden ones were smashed and full of holes, he told StokeonTrentLive. But the city council said Aneel was breaking the rules of the conservation area, which means specific planning rules and protections are in place.
Aneel said the council has been "bullying" people in the area for years by making them spend "so much money" on replacement wooden windows. But he argued some of his neighbours have uPVC windows, so he should be allowed to have them too.
