You have the right to carry out improvements to your Council property, such as fitting a new bathroom suite, replacing kitchen units or building a new fireplace.

However, you must first ask for permission and you must carry out any work to the guidelines that we give you. Permission will not be unreasonably refused, but may be subject to certain conditions. We will only refuse permission if the work would cause us expense, make it difficult to let the property in the future or give rise to complaints from other residents.

To apply for permission to carry out your own alterations, you can fill in our online form:

• Online form to apply for permission for property alteration by a tenant (opens new window)

Alternatively, you can write, giving full details of what you propose, to:

Service Manager (Maintenance)
80 Clapham Rd
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1RB

To contact us by telephone or fax about tenant property alterations use the details below:

Tel: 01502 523592
Fax: 01502 523553