You need to get permission for:

• Changes to walls, doors and windows
• Replacement or major works to kitchen, bathroom, WC or heating and hot water systems
• Installation of solar panels
• Dropped kerb / off road parking
• Property extensions and loft extensions / boarding
• Conservatories, porches, garages and carports
• Large sheds (bigger than 10×8′)
• Electrical works – additional sockets, showers, internal or external lighting etc
• Fitting of a gas cooker where the supply is not already available
• Installation of telephone or cable services (conditions will apply if breaching a fire compartment e.g. wall between a communal area and flat)
• Fixing of large aerials or satellite dishes
• Alterations to water supply pipes and drainage
• Any works affecting a party wall or boundary
• Conversion or subdividing of any existing rooms
• Erecting Fences. We need to know which boundary is in question (front, rear or back) and which property is adjacent to the boundary (which side is the fence on). We will also need the full address and postcode for this property. Please provide as much supporting information as possible to help us process your application quickly

Note: This list is not exhaustive.

You do not need to get permission for:

• Fitting of a water meter
• Small-scale gardening works (as long as no electrical or plumbing works are involved)
• Small garden sheds (less than 10×8′) within the property boundary and with no water/power supply
• Changing light fittings
• Decoration or internal soft furnishings such as curtains/blinds
• Carpeting
• Laminate flooring (except in flats above ground floor to prevent noise transfer)
• Fitting of white goods where services are already available
• Fixing of aerials or standard size satellite dish to most houses unless local planning restrictions apply
• Fitting of house numerals
• Please note: Where laminate flooring fitted at your request has to be removed to gain access to services by a Bromford appointed contractor, we will not be responsible for re-fitting.

Note: If you have a starter tenancy, you won’t be given permission to carry out an improvement or alteration on your home within the first year of this tenancy

• Yes, you must get our written permission before you start any work. Please apply to: stockfieldca@gmail.com
• If you have a starter tenancy, you won’t be given permission to carry out an improvement or alteration within your first year.
• You may need other permissions from the local council, such as planning permission or building regulations approval.
• Also, if the work is to gas, electrical or water services, you will need to follow the relevant rules and provide certificates to show that the work complies with regulations.
• You must pay for all the costs of altering and improving your home.
• You are responsible for the cost of maintaining and repairing the improvements.
• A competent professional must do all the work. We may inspect the work to ensure they have done it to a suitable/required standard.
• For some improvements, you may have to use someone who is suitably experienced, qualified, and registered with another specialist organisation.
• For example, you must use a Gas Safe-Registered contractor for gas work. We can tell you about this when you apply for permission to do the work.
• An approved electrician must do all the electrical work. By ‘approved’, we mean that before the electrical work starts, you must give us proof of the qualifications of anyone doing electrical work to your home, and their current membership of one of the five governing bodies – NICEIC, NAPIT, ECA, BSI or ELECSA.
• Work on water pipes must comply with regulations.

• We may ask that you provide scale drawings, specification of materials, details of who will be undertaking the works and any necessary statutory approvals.
• You will need to obtain and submit these with your application if they are required for the work you’re carrying out.
• If you don’t provide the requested documents, a surveyor won’t be able to visit you to discuss what work will be carried out.
• Certificates which we have requested for minor works such as showers must be received by Stockfield two weeks after completion.
• Stockfield will visit your property to inspect any major works after completion.
• Any relevant certificates must be received at the time of this visit.
• If you want to leave your home, we expect you to leave it in good condition.
• If there are repairs related to the improvement works you are responsible for, you will need to arrange and pay for them to be done.
• We may need you to return the property to its original state so you may be required to remove, alter or replace improvements. You must arrange and pay for this work.
• If you are a homeowner looking to carry out an improvement, you must apply to Stockfield as well as applying for planning permission.