If you want to make alterations to your home, you must get permission from us first.
If you carry out alterations without permission, we will either ask you to remove it or remove it ourselves and charge you for it.
Download the relevant application form and return it to Repairs and maintenance, Cambridge City Council, PO Box 700, Cambridge CB1 0JH.
- Home alteration application form (council tenant)
- Home alteration application form (leaseholder)
- Home alteration application form (shared ownership)
For further information or help with your application please email Greg Foreman at greg.foreman@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone 01223 458542.
Examples
Examples of required permissions include:
- installing a satellite dish
- changing the bathroom suite
- installing new kitchen units
- laying laminated or wood floors
- changing external doors
- installing or removing a water meter
- removing or building internal walls
- building a conservatory
- installing roofing over a passageway
- building an extension
- changing electrical, heating, gas or plumbing works
