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Dwellings outside Improvement Areas (Section 19 Applications)
1. Number of representations made by tenants 10
2. Number of Preliminary Notices served (full standard) 6
3. Number of Immediate Improvement Notices (full standard) 27
4. Number of dwellings improved:
(a) full standard 3
(b) reduced standard —
The position with the 10 representations is as follows:
Applications applied for grant by owners 1
Houses found to be unfit and dealt with by Closing Orders —
Representations cancelled 1
Immediate Notices served on owners 6
Negotiations with owners in progress 2
IMPROVEMENT GRANTS
There are three types of grant available:
(a) The Standard Grant
(b) The Improvement Grant
(c) The Special Grant
(a) The Standard Grant is a grant towards the cost of works required for the improvement
of an existing dwelling by the provision of missing standard amenities. It is a grant which is given
as of right providing:
1. the house was in existence before 3rd October, 1961;
2. the standard amenities are to be provided for the exclusive use of the occupants of
the house;
3. the Council are satisfied that after the work has been done the house will be in a good
state of repair and will in all other respects be fit for human habitation and likely to remain
in that condition for at least 15 years. The maximum grant available under this scheme
is £200 except that where it is not reasonably practicable to provide a bath or shower
in its own bathroom except by building onto the dwelling, the grant is then subject to
a maximum payment of £450.
(b) The Improvement Grant is towards the cost of works required for either the provision
of dwellings (e.g. the conversion into flats of a house or other building) or for the improvement
of existing dwellings other than by the mere provision of the missing standard amenities. These
are made to help owners improve old houses to a good standard or to provide dwellings by
converting houses of an unsatisfactory size, or by converting non-residential buildings to a housing
use. They are given at the Council's discretion and are not of right as in the case of standard grants.
The maximum amount of grant under this scheme is £1,000 for each house improved or for each
dwelling provided by conversion. Where, however, flats are provided by the conversion of a house
or building of three or more storeys, the upper limit of grant is £1,200 for each flat. Up to one half
of the approved amount of this grant may relate to works of repair or replacement which are either
incidental to some other improvement or which are needed, in the Council's opinion, for the
purpose of making the improvements fully effective. Repairs and replacements by themselves do
not qualify for grant.
(c) The Special Grant. This Grant is towards the cost of works required for the improvement
of houses in multiple occupation by the provision of standard amenities. This type of grant
is not available in Hillingdon.
From the statistical tables that follow it will be seen that 1970 has been a record year for
the number of applications received for Improvement Grants.
92