Property Level Flood Protection (Resilience) Grant Application Form
IMPORTANT NOTES: THIS APPLICATION FORM IS FOR THE GRANT TO PROVIDE
MEASURES WHICH WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD RESILIENCE OF RESIDENTIAL
DWELLINGS AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE BOXING DAY 2015 FLOOD EVENT.
PLEASE READ THE GUIDANCE NOTES BEFORE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
Please fill the form in CAPITAL LETTERS
1. CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME
:
CONTACT PERSON
:
HOME/CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS (including POSTCODE) :
TELEPHONE NO. (Office hours)
:
TELEPHONE NO. (Out of hours)
:
FAX NO/EMAIL
:
2. FLOODED PROPERTY DETAILS
PROPERT TYPE (please tick):
RESIDENTIAL
ARE YOU THE PROPERTY OWNER? (yes/no)
BUSINESS
If no please provide details of the property owner
PLEASE PROVIDE THE FULL ADDRESS OF THE FLOODED PROPERTY IF THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
HOME/CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ABOVE:
PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS OF ALL WHO HAVE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THE PROPERTY
TITLE
FORENAME
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SURNAME
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3. FLOOD DETAILS
DATE PROPERTY FLOODED:
CAUSE OF FLOODING (Please describe how the flooding occurred):
(River or watercourse, Blocked Drain/Sewer, Extreme Rainfall, Other)
DESCRIBE THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED IN YOUR PROPERTY ( i.e. What rooms were affected,
how deep was the water, what items, surfaces or structures were damaged and how):
PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF FLOODING AT YOUR PROPERTY BY ATTACHING PHOTOGRAPHS
TO THIS APPLICATION
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4. THE NEXT STEPS
You should submit your application form to: flooding.resilience@urbanvision.org.uk
Your application will be checked against the qualifying criteria.
You will then be contacted about the need to obtain a professional survey. Surveys
should be undertaken by a relevant Building Engineer or similar with relevant experience
of providing resilience measures. A copy of the completed works invoice must be
forwarded to this office by 31st December 2016.
Please note that at some future stage the Council may visit the premises to ensure the
resilience and / or resistance measures have been installed in line with the requirements
of the grant. If during the inspection it is found that the relevant measures and or
equipment have not been installed or are no longer in situ then we may seek to recover
the original grant and other action may be considered.
However, you should avoid arranging the survey until your application has been
approved, just in case the application/work is not eligible and the cost of the survey
cannot be covered by a grant.
The survey will help to identify the resilience and/or resistance measures appropriate for
your property. A checklist of these is attached to the guidance notes, not all of which will
be appropriate or required, and following the survey we will agree with you those that
can be funded from the grant scheme.
If you have had a survey carried out already to identify the most appropriate flood
resilience measures, please provide a copy with this application.
Please note that the maximum grant that can be applied for is £5,000 (including VAT).
Any costs incurred above £5,000 will need to be met from your own funds.
£500 (including VAT) of the maximum £5,000 can be used to instruct the Chartered
Building Surveyor (Surveyor must be a Chartered Member of CIOB or RICS).
Grants are only intended to fund measures which improve the property’s resilience or
resistance to flooding, over and above repairs that would normally be covered by
insurance.
More
information
is
available
at
National
Flood
Forum
http://www.nationalfloodforum.org.uk/property-level-protection-community-tool/
FOR RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS ONLY – If you are applying for works that have
already been undertaken, please describe in detail what measures you have had
installed, their cost and how you ensured value for money i.e. utilised insurance
company contractor, or sought quotes from a range of providers. Evidence of quotes
and invoices should please be included with your application.
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5. Terms
PLEASE READ THROUGH THE TERMS AND DECLARATION CAREFULLY BEFORE
SIGNING AND SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION. THE FOLLOWING SETS OUT THE
TERMS BY WHICH THE GRANT OFFER WILL BE MADE IF YOUR APPLICATION IS
SUCCESSFUL.
The Measures you choose to fit to your property will be selected entirely at your own
risk. Should the property flood again in the future, the Council maintains no liability for
the selection or installation of the Measures you have chosen.
I / we agree to purchase and install the resilience / resistance measures (“the Measures”)
that Salford City Council approves the funding for.
I / we agree to store the Measures securely and protect them from damage.
I / we agree to maintain the Measures in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions. I / we agree to sign up to the Environment Agency’s Flood Warning
Scheme.
I / we agree to use the Measures in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
I / we agree to allow the Council access to the Property at all reasonable times for the
purposes of inspection of the Measures.
I / we agree that if the property is sold in the future, the Measures will remain with the
property and pass to the new owner.
The details of your name and address, details of Measures installed and the outcome of
any inspection visits will be shared with the Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (Defra). The Council will not (for any reason) share any of the information
you have submitted with a third party.
The Council or Defra may contact you in the future for the purposes of research, to
identify if the property Level Flood Protection measures you selected have been of
benefit to you or to inform you of any future flood response schemes.
The Council shall not be liable to the Property Owner or persons with a lease with
repairing obligations for any action, claim, demand, cost or expense incurred in respect
of any loss or damage, including for any negligence, breach of contract, property
damage or personal injury (including death) including any consequential or indirect loss,
which arises out of or in connection with the installation or use of the Measures.
The Council shall not be responsible for providing flood warnings or for ensuring that
any party does so.
The Council shall not be responsible for removing any fixtures associated with the
Measures if or when the Property Owner no longer requires them.
Ownership of the Measures shall vest in the Property Owner and the Council shall not be
responsible for the repair or replacement of damaged or lost flood protection and
resilience measures nor for the provision of any future measures.
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6. DECLARATION
I / we agree to the terms set out in this Application.
I / we confirm we are the lawful owner(s) of / hold a lease with repairing rights for the property
detailed in Section 1 of the application form
Public funds must be protected and so the information you have provided on this form may be
used to prevent and detect fraud. Should it be found that you have not used the grant funds to
purchase and install the Measures identified in the attached Report, or that upon inspection the
Measures are not found to be in place / available on site, or in an adequate state of
maintenance, you risk prosecution and recovery of all grant payments.
To the best of my / our knowledge the information in this form and all other information given in
support of this application is correct. I confirm that I / we understand the purpose of this form
and the reasons for the collection of my / our personal data (to the extent that this application
form contains information which is personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Act
1998) and that I agree to my / our personal data being used as stated.
If any information changes I will inform Salford Council immediately.
Name
Signature
Date
7. OFFICIAL USE ONLY
I.
.. have completed this form on behalf of the applicant and have read all the details over
to him/her before asking him/her to sign the declaration.
Signature: ...
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(please insert full name in lieu of signature)
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