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of grant may be increased by 8 per cent. of that portion of the cost
of the improvement which is borne by the owner. A maximum rent fixed
by a local authority will become the standard rent to the exclusion of
any existing standard rent.
In fixing the maximum rent the local authority are required
by the section to have regard to "the age of the dwelling, to the
character and condition of the dwelling after the carrying out of the
proposed improvement works and to the cost of those works."
Applications for improvement grants received and dealt with
during 1956 are summarised as follows
Applications received 22
Applications granted 18 (comprising 37
separate "dwellings")
Applications refused 4
Total amount of grants approved £13,829. 0s. 0d.
Applications withdrawn after approval 1 (amounting to
£400. 0s. 0d.)
The provision of new housing accommodation

Other schemes for building new housing accommodation are in
various stages of preparation.