Council opens applications for new funding

RESIDENTS AND businesses affected by the flooding in February are being encouraged to check if they are eligible for resilience support.

Calderdale Council has opened applications for the Government’s flood resilience grant scheme. The property flood resilience grant pays up to £5,000 to help homes and businesses install measures to help protect them from future flooding. The work should reduce the risk of potential damage in future and make properties easier and cheaper to clean up if they do flood again. The funding can also be used to cover additional costs not covered by insurance claims for flood damage.

There is a strict Governmentset eligibility criteria attached to the funding and owners of properties that have previously received a flood resilience grant are unlikely to be eligible for further funding.

In certain circumstances depending on the results of a further flood survey, there could be funding levels available for properties which have had funding before. The owners are advised to check the criteria and register if they think they are eligible. All such requests will be considered on a case by case basis, and will be authorised by the funder, not the local authority. The owner will need to pay for the additional survey with an understanding there is no guarantee of getting any funding. All expression of interest forms must be received by Monday, August 31.

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