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Marie Sharp

Midlothian homeowner ordered to rip out new windows to get visit as part of appeal

A listed building at the centre of a row over plastic window frames will be visited by a Scottish Government Reporter as part of an appeal to Scottish Ministers.

The owner of the flats on Dalkeith High Street said she replaced the 'deteriorating' wooden window frames with UPVC as a ‘as a matter of urgency’ to protect her tenants’ ‘health’.

However Midlothian Council's planners have ordered the windows to be ripped out after insisting the Category B listed building must have windows which are “like for like”.

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