REPAIR AND RENEW GRANT
Guidelines and application form
If your home or business has been flooded between 1 December 2013 and 31 March 2014, you may
be eligible for help under the ‘Repair and Renew’ Grant.
What is the grant for?
The grant is aimed at helping property owners to pay for flood resistance and resilience measures to
their properties such as fitting property level protection and waterproofing external walls.
It has been set-up to ensure that high risk households and businesses are better prepared in the
future for severe weather and flooding.
Does the grant cover the cost of flood repairs to my property or business?
No, the grant is 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.
If a community wish to, they can pool their grants in order to carry out community level flood
protection and resilience work where appropriate.
How much is the grant worth?
Each eligible property or business could be entitled to a one-off grant of up to £5,000.
How do I apply?
Complete the application form below and return to
Economic Development
Plymouth City Council
Civic Centre
Plymouth PL1 2AA
Version 1, April 2014
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PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL
Applicant Information
Your name:
Click here to enter your name
Business name: Click here to enter your business name
(if applicable)
Position:
☐ Owner ☐ Director ☐ Manager
Address:
Click here to enter your address
Telephone: Click here to enter phone number
Email:
☐ Other Click here to enter other
Mobile: Click here to enter mobile number
Click here to enter email address
Property Flooded
Address:
(if different):
Click here to enter the address of the property for which you’re applying
When was your property flooded?
Click here to enter the date the property was initially flooded
Cause of the flooding?
☐ Blocked/ overwhelmed river
☐ Blocked drainage
☐ Tidal surge
☐ Extreme rainfall
☐ Surface runoff
☐ Other Click here to enter other
Please briefly describe the main damage that was caused
Click here to enter damage description
What is your grant application for?
Resilience/resistance measures that you will install in the future should your grant be
approved?
☐ Yes ☐ No
Resilience/resistance measures that you have already purchased and installed following the
flooding (retrospective application).
☐ Yes ☐ No
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Please indicate which of the available resilience/resistance measures below you intend to
or have installed and cost (including VAT).
The maximum grant you can apply for is £5,000 (including VAT). Any costs incurred above £5,000
will need to be met from your own funds.
When selecting which measures you intend to install, please read the guidance at the start of this
form and consider information available on reference websites such as the National Flood Forum
www.nationalfloodforum.org.uk/property-level-protection-community-tool. The guidance will help
you select the appropriate resilience/resistance measures for the nature of flooding in your area – not
all of the identified measures may be appropriate, and may make limited difference to protecting or
minimising the damage to your premises. Should you choose to seek professional advice prior to
making an application, you can retrospectively claim up to £500 of the cost as part of your application.
Sump pump
£Cost
Sewage bung
£Cost
Airbrick cover
£Cost
Toilet pan seal
£Cost
Soil waste pipe
£Cost
Flood risk report
£Cost
Self-closing airbrick
£Cost
Permanent flood door
£Cost
Mount boilers on wall
£Cost
Automatic door guards
£Cost
Garage/driveway barrier
£Cost
Automatic window guards
£Cost
Demountable door guards
£Cost
Waterproof external walls
£Cost
NRV 12 mm overflow pipe
£Cost
NRV 40 mm utility waste pipe
£Cost
Demountable window guards
£Cost
Move washing machine to first floor
£Cost
Raise floor above most likely flood level £Cost
Replace timber floor with solid concrete £Cost
Move electrics well above likely flood level
£Cost
Replace ovens with raised, build-under type
£Cost
Move service meters well above likely flood level
£Cost
Professional advice on flood resistance/resilience
£Cost
Install chemical damp-proof course below joist level
£Cost
Re-pointing external walls with water resistant mortar
£Cost
Replace chipboard flooring with treated timber floorboards
£Cost
Replace chipboard kitchen/ bathroom units with plastic units
£Cost
Replace mineral insulation within walls with closed cell insulation
£Cost
Replace doors, windows, frames with water-resistant alternatives
£Cost
Replace gypsum plaster with water resistant material, such as lime
£Cost
Replace floor including joists with treated timber to make water resilient
£Cost
Replace sand-cement screeds on solid concrete slabs (with dense screed)
£Cost
Sceptic tank resistance or resilience measures (such as isolation valves, venting above flood level)
£Cost
Total cost of resilience/resistance measures implementing
£Cost
Total amount of grant applying for if different (maximum £5,000 including VAT)
£Cost
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For RETROSPECTIVE applications only
If you are applying for works that have already been undertaken, please briefly describe
how you ensured value for money, for example used insurance company contractor, or
sought quotes from a range of providers. Please include invoices with your application.
Click here to enter how you ensured value for money
Alternative funding
Have you received any alternative funding (such as previous grant funding or insurance claim
payment) for any of the equipment you are applying for grant funding for?
☐ Yes ☐ No
If yes, please specify and state why you are also seeking Repair and Renew Grant support.
Click here to enter why you are applying for this grant
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For BUSINESS PREMISES applications only
Have you received any other public grant funding during the last three years? If so
please specify what for and the amount received.
Click here to enter information about other grants received
Should your application be approved, please tell us the month you expect to make a
grant claim. Grant claims can only be made once the installation has been fully
completed and contractors paid from your own fund. Month: Month
Declaration
To the best of my knowledge, the information in this form and all other information given in support
of this application is correct. I confirm that that I understand the purpose of this form and the
reasons for the collection of my/our personal data (to the extent that this 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 Plymouth City Council immediately.
Signature:
Date: Date
Warning
If you knowingly or recklessly make a false statement to obtain a grant for yourself or anyone else you
risk prosecution, and the recovery of all grant payments. By signing this form you are agreeing that
you have read and agree with the above declaration.
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