Skylights and rooflights across Dumfries and Galloway
We survey, supply and fit skylights and rooflights across Dumfries and Galloway, including Dumfries, Annan and Castle Douglas.
Stone villas, cottages and conservation areas across Scotland often call for conservation rooflights in slate roofs.
Tenements and flats are common in Scottish towns and cities, where rooflights over stairwells and top-floor flats need the owners' and factor's agreement.
Towns in Dumfries and Galloway
Products and services in Dumfries and Galloway
Planning and building rules in Scotland
Planning rules in Scotland differ: rooflights are treated as external alterations under Class 2B, with no permitted development in conservation areas. Flats and tenements are outside householder permitted development, so check with the planning authority first.
Scotland's Technical Handbook (section 6) asks for windows, doors and rooflights in an extension to average 1.4–1.6 W/m²K, with no single unit worse than 3.3 W/m²K. Forming a new opening normally involves structural work, so check with the local authority verifier whether a building warrant is needed.
Neighbouring areas
Common questions
Do you cover all of Dumfries and Galloway?
Yes. We survey and fit across Dumfries and Galloway, including Dumfries, Annan and Castle Douglas. Remote and island addresses are by arrangement.
Do I need planning permission for a rooflight in Dumfries and Galloway?
Planning rules in Scotland differ: rooflights are treated as external alterations under Class 2B, with no permitted development in conservation areas.
Can I cancel?
Made-to-measure products are excluded from the statutory 14-day cancellation right, but you can cancel without charge until we place the order with the manufacturer. Our terms explain the rest.
Do I need planning permission?
Usually not for a rooflight on a house within the permitted development limits. Rules differ by nation: flats are not covered, listed buildings need listed building consent, and in Wales, Scotland and NI a rooflight in a conservation area needs permission. See our planning guide.
Do you work on commercial buildings?
Yes — offices, schools, warehouses and retail, including smoke vents and fragile-roof replacements, with safe access planned.
