Depending on where you live and what work you're having done, you may need to apply for:
- planning permission
- building regulations
- your landlord's permission
Planning permission
To find out if you need planning permission, speak to your local planning department:
- Elmbridge Borough Council planning department
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council planning department
- Guildford Borough Council planning department
- Mole Valley District Council planning department
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council planning department
- Runnymede Borough Council planning department
- Spelthorne Borough Council planning department
- Surrey Heath Borough Council planning department
- Tandridge District Council planning department
- Waverley Borough Council planning department
- Woking Borough Council planning department
Find your local council using your postcode.
Building regulations
Your surveyor, technical officer or case worker will be able to tell you if you need to apply for building regulations. You can also contact your district or borough council and speak to their building control department:
- Elmbridge Borough Council building control
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council building control
- Guildford Borough Council building control
- Mole Valley District Council building control
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council building control
- Runnymede Borough Council building control
- Spelthorne Borough Council building control
- Surrey Heath Borough Council building control
- Tandridge District Council building control
- Waverley Borough Council building control
- Woking Borough Council building control
Find your local council using your postcode.
Landlord permission
If you don't own your home, you will need to get your landlord's permission. This includes:
- privately rented homes
- housing association homes
- houseboat owners who pay for mooring
- caravan owners who rent a pitch
- long-term leaseholders. Your freeholder will need to give you permission in writing
- shared ownership schemes
- equity release schemes
This can sometimes take a long time and you can't start your adaptation without it.
