If you are thinking about making changes to your home, please read our terms and conditions below before making your application.
Permission terms and conditions
- Saxon Weald shall incur no expense arising either directly or indirectly from the proposed work.
- In carrying out the works you do not in any way cause damage or disturbance to or weaken or make unsafe the structure of your home or any of your neighbours’ properties or equipment.
- Any damage to Saxon Weald’s retained property whilst carrying out the works must be reported and reinstated to our satisfaction at your expense.
- In carrying out the work you do not compromise the fire safety of your home or your neighbours’ properties.
- The work is carried out by a competent contractor with adequate public liability insurance, which will provide cover should any damage occur to persons or property.
- The work is carried out safely in accordance with all relevant Health & Safety Regulations.
- The work is carried out during normal working hours and all reasonable steps are taken to minimise noise and other nuisance to your neighbours.
- The leaseholder is to provide residents of adjoining flats, who might be affected by the works, with adequate notice. No work likely to create noise or nuisance to neighbours is to start before 8 am or go on beyond 6pm. If neighbours complain, every effort must be made to minimise the annoyance being caused.
- Planning permission may be required from the local authority planning department. It is the leaseholder’s responsibility to ensure that planning consent is obtained prior to commencement of works. Saxon Weald reserve the right to request a copy of the permission.
- Building Control approval may be required from the local authority planning department. It is the leaseholder’s responsibility to ensure that building control approval is obtained. Saxon Weald reserve the right to request a copy of the permission.
- Where permission is required from any other Public Authority you obtain such permission, Saxon Weald reserve the right to request a copy of any relevant permissions.
- Any electrical work must be carried out in accordance with the latest IEE Wiring Regulations. Saxon Weald reserve the right to request a copy of any relevant certification.
- Any work to gas appliances must be carried out by a heating engineer who is a member of the Gas Safe Register and has the appropriate accreditations. Saxon Weald reserve the right to request a copy of any relevant certification.
- You accept responsibility for all future maintenance and replacement of any part of the proposed work or any future damage caused by it.
- You accept responsibility for any additional costs incurred by Saxon Weald for accessing building elements on the existing property above or underground services below the construction for the purpose of repair, maintenance, replacement, or inspection. This will include any additional scaffold costs incurred by Saxon Weald for accessing elements that require maintenance or replacement.
- All debris must be removed daily and not left in any communal area or on any footpath or road to cause obstruction or nuisance.
- Permission is subject to the proviso that we do not receive any complaints from your neighbours or other residents in respect of their homes or any services their homes may receive or any restriction of access to them because of the works.
- Our agreement will be withdrawn automatically if you have not started the work within one year from the date of this letter. You may make a further application if you still wish to proceed with the work.
- Saxon Weald provides this consent based on the information supplied by the leaseholder to support their application for landlords’ consent under the terms of their lease. The leaseholder remains responsible for the commissioning and supervision of works, Saxon Weald accepts no liability for the works carried out or any consequential loss arising from the works.
- Saxon Weald will not, by default, act as a Principal Designer, for the supervision of works, as required under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015). The leaseholder will appoint, where necessary, any professional services, that will be required to carry out the work safely. The leaseholder will evidence that works will be properly managed and supervised through the provision of certificates and other documentation as required; but by doing so, Saxon Weald will not assume responsibility, upon receipt of those certificates or documents, for the efficacy of those professional services in default.
Once you have carried out the works to your property, you must advise assetsharedmailbox@saxonweald.com of the completion, including photographs and all relevant certification for our records and so we can arrange a post inspection where we deem appropriate.
