Requests for alterations

The licence for alteration is a formal legal document granting permission to carry out alteration works that changes the lease or floor plan of the property. It is issued to the leaseholder by the leaseholder services section after the neighbourhood housing team has examined the application submitted by the leaseholder and given its consent. 

It is anticipated that the whole process from the submission of the application with full details to the issuing of the licence will take 8 weeks.

The alterations or the improvement works cannot be carried out until the licence for the alteration has been issued to the leaseholder by leaseholder services.

Some applications for alteration do not require a licence. For example requests to replace kitchen units, bathroom suites, replacement/renewal of electrical points, boilers, etc would not require a licence for alteration. It would only require our written consent.  

We would normally not give permission/consent for the following:

• Request to disconnect from District Heating System
• Request to install wooden/laminated flooring in the property where inadequate sound insulation is proposed.  
• Request to change rooms round where there are likely to be ‘stacking’ concerns. 
• Request to install wooden flooring in properties above ground floor where noise nuisance issues have previously existed.

There is full guidance here on what alterations we do and do not agree plus a bit about fees. 

There is a guide for leaseholders here.