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DETAILS OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS ETC.
EFFECTED DURING THE YEAR (CONT.)
NOTES:
(i) Further details will "be found tinder headings
"Food Hygiene", "Factories", etc.
(ii) No works carried out as a consequence of
action under the Rent Act and Improvement
Grant Scheme are included above.
IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
The Council continued to operate this scheme in cases
(a) where new housing accommodation would be provided by the
conversion of an existing building, (b) where additional
accommodation was to be provided by adding rooms, and (c)
where it was intended to improve the sanitary arrangements
and/or the system of water heating.
These grants are now known as "Discretionary Grants" and
are paid solely at the discretion of the local authority with
a maximum of £400. per dwelling.
Four applications for Discretionary Grants were received,
two were approved, one withdrawn, and one not recommended.
On the 14th June, 1959, The House Purchase and Housing Act,
1959, came into force and required local authorities to make
grants towards the cost of providing "standard amenities" in
dwellings; and made certain amendments to the existing provisions
relating to improvement grants.
The standard amenities are
(a) a fixed bath or shower in a bathroom;
(b) a washhand basin;
(c) a hot water supply;
(d) a water closet in or contiguous to the dwelling;
(e) satisfactory facilities for storing food.
The amount of the "standard grant" which, subject to certain
conditions, can be claimed as of right is one half of the cost of
the approved works, subject to a maximum of £155.
This limit of £155 is reduced as follows in respect of
amenities which already exist
Amenity: Reduction:
£
Fixed bath or shower in a bathroom 25
Washhand basin 5
Hot water supply 75
Water closet in or contiguous to the dwelling 40
Satisfactory food store 10
Forty-four standard grant applications were received,
41 were approved, 2 withdrawn, and 1 not recommended.
Particulars of standard grants approved are as follows:-
Serial No.
Maximum grant approved
Actual grant paid.
£
s
d
£
s
d
25
105
0
0
80
10
0
27
155
0
0
155
0
0
30.