Purpose

This report presents the Council’s Disabled Facilities Grant - Financial Assistance policy.

This is a refreshed policy to take into account the latest guidance and best practice, and also to reflect grant increases due to the increased costs of works, requiring a more flexible approach to the award of funding. The proposed Policy is attached at Appendix 1.

Decision

On 11 September 2023, Cllr Steve Davies, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness made the following decision:

That the Portfolio holder for Housing and Homelessness approves the Disabled Facilities Grant - Financial Assistance Policy for implementation from 18th September 2023 or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Grainne O’Rourke) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 18 September 2023.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.

Reasons for the decision

See Report

Alternative options considered

See Report