Section 7 Amount of grant

(1)

Subject to the following paragraphs of this Article, the rate of grant in respect of an eligible dwelling shall be 100 per cent of the actual cost of the insulation works reasonably incurred in respect of items required or permitted by the Schedule to this Scheme.

(2)

The total amount of grant payable under this Scheme in respect of any one eligible dwelling shall not exceed the total of the sums specified in the second column of Table 1 below in relation to the items specified in the first column (whether or not those items are included in the insulation works done under this Scheme in respect of that dwelling).

TABLE 1

(a) double windows (including cost of making good existing fabric and decoration)	£92 per square metre
(b) vent type “A” or permanent vent type “A” (including cost of making good existing fabric and decoration)	£55 per unit
(c) inlet fan ventilator system (including cost of making good existing fabric and decoration)	£123 per system
(d) second door for each external door opening directly into an insulated room (including cost of making good existing fabric and decoration)	£92 per square metre
(e) blocking up of each chimney in an insulated room	£73

(3)

The maximum cost recoverable by way of grant in respect of each of the items specified in subparagraphs (a) to (e) of Table 1 above shall not exceed the amount specified in the second column of that table in relation to that item and where there is to be installed a combined ventilator system (in place of a separate vent and ventilator) or any Venetian blinds, the maximum cost recoverable in respect of those items by way of grant shall not exceed the amount specified in the second column of Table 2 below in relation to those items as specified in the first column:

TABLE 2

(a) combined ventilator system (including making good existing fabric and decoration)	£154 per system
(b) Venetian blinds	£21 per square metre

(4)

Where the permitted works include the provision of Venetian blinds, where appropriate, and by reason of their inclusion the cost of the insulation works carried out exceeds the total amount of the grant payable under this Article in respect of the insulation works specified in (a) to (e) of the table in paragraph (2) of this Article, the cost in excess of that amount shall be payable by the applicant.

(5)

No grant shall be payable for the blocking of chimneys in the case of a dwelling which is a public authority dwelling.

(6)

For the purposes of paragraph (5) of this Article “public authority dwelling” means a dwelling which is let or available for letting and where the interest of the immediate landlord, or the person who would be the immediate landlord if the dwelling were let, belongs to one of the following bodies:

(a)

the Commission for the New Towns;

(b)

a development corporation within the meaning of the New Towns Act 1981^f1;

(c)

the Housing Corporation;

(d)

a housing association for the time being registered in the register of housing associations maintained under section 3 of the Housing Associations Act 1985^f2, other than one whose rules restrict membership to persons who are tenants or prospective tenants of the association, and preclude the granting or assigning of tenancies to persons other than members;

(e)

a district council and the council of a London borough, provided that the dwelling forms part of the Housing Revenue Account under section 417 of the Housing Act 1985^f3.

(7)

For the purposes of paragraph (6) of this Article a dwelling which is “let” means a dwelling which is subject to a tenancy (other than one which was granted for a term of years certain exceeding 7 years), or a dwelling subject to a licence to occupy, and “letting” shall be construed accordingly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 64.
f2: 1985 c. 69.
f3: 1985 c. 68.