Kitchen, Bathroom & Joinery Fitters in Lincoln

Building control, skips and older property in Lincoln

Which building control body signs off notifiable work depends on the address. For homes in the city itself it is City of Lincoln Council, while some of the villages and estates just outside the boundary fall to North Kesteven or West Lindsey instead. Notifiable work here means things like a new electrical circuit, a replacement consumer unit or a wall taken out to join a kitchen to the dining room. We confirm the right authority at survey and settle the paperwork before first fix, so you are left with the certificates you need when the house is eventually sold.

A skip on the road needs a permit from Lincolnshire County Council, which is the highway authority, so on a terrace with no drive it has to be arranged in advance. Many of the older streets below the hill have tight on-street parking, which is worth talking through at survey. Uphill, a property in one of the conservation areas can usually have its kitchen or bathroom replaced without any special consent, because the controls mainly cover what can be seen from outside. What needs care is anything that changes the exterior, such as a new extract vent or flue, and we check that before the design is agreed rather than after.