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Application For:

Property Flood Resilience Recovery Support Scheme

The grant is applicable only 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 advice can be found at http://www.floodguidance.co.uk

The rules of the scheme mean that the Council can only accept applications from properties which were flooded in February 2020. 

For any queries, please email flood.grants@lichfielddc.gov.uk

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How is your information used? 

We collect information to enable us to provide the service requested and to enable us to contact you in relation to the service.

Who has access to your information?

Information will not be shared other than with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG); and the Environment Agency in order to reclaim the cost of the grant.

For further information about how your personal information will be used, please visit www.lichfielddc.gov.uk where you can see a full copy of our privacy notice.



Flood resilience grant scheme - contact information

Was your property flooded in February 2020?*

We are sorry but only applications for properties that were flooded in February 2020 can be accepted.

Contact details

Name*

Flooded property deatils

Please add the address details of the property that was flooded

Address*
Is your contact address different to the flooded property address?*
Contact Address

Flood resilience grant scheme - Ownership Details

Please indicate ownership of the flooded property *
Is the flooded property*
Do you have more than 25 years remaining on the lease?
Is the flooded property a listed building?*
Is the owner/business details different from those previously provided*

Owner/Busines owner's details

Name
Address

Flood resilience grant scheme - Flood details

Date of flood*
Is this the first flooding event?*
Wall construction*
Floor construction*
Does your property have a basement?*
How many floors does your property have?*
Did water come up through your floors?*
Does your property have airbricks?*
These are found on lower external brickwork and they are found where there are suspended timber floors.
Do you have cavity walls?*
Wall cavities are found in properties built after 1930-1940
During the recent flood event, were your electrics affected by flood water? *
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Did flood water enter your home through drainage? i.e. toilets, plug holes *
Did flood water enter your home through doorways?*
Did water enter through service entry points?*
For example, where a cable or pipe enters your home

Flood resilience grant scheme - Retrospective applications

Are you applying for works that have already been undertaken?*

If you are applying for works that have already been undertaken, please briefly describe 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 be included with your application.

If you’ve done flood protection work on your property, a surveyor can complete a Flood Risk Report to tell insurers or buyers how the work affects the flood risk.

This might include information on utilised insurance company contractor, or sought quotes from a range of providers.
Please upload quotes and invoices
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Do you have property insurance (for flooding)?*

Insurer details

Address*
I am willing to allow my insurer to share data with Lichfield District Council
Have you received any alternative funding for any of the equipment you are applying for grant funding for?*
For example a previous grant funding or insurance claim payment.

Flood resilience grant scheme - Business premises applications

Is the flooded property a business premises?
Have you received any other public grant funding during the last 3 years?*

Terms and conditions

Grant claims can only be made once the installation has been fully completed.

If uninsured, grant funding will be provided directly to the contractor/supplier on receipt of invoices.

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 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 for the purposes to 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 Lichfield District Council.


Warning – if you knowingly or recklessly make a false statement to obtain 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. 

Please tick to confirm you agree with the terms and conditions*
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