Disabled Facilities Grants for Children Information Sheet

You can receive help to make the application and assistance throughout the whole process (including drawing plans, applying for building regulations and planning approval and sending the work schedule and plans to tender etc) from the Private Sector Housing Team. If you are a council tenant then this help will be provided by your landlord. Some housing associations may provide a similar service. Your OT can advise you about this.

You can also apply for a grant if you wish to arrange the work yourself. However, if you are considering applying for a grant, you should contact Private Sector Housing before you start any work. You will not be awarded a grant for any works started before you receive approval from the council.

You or the agent will need to prepare a schedule of works and drawings/plans. These will need to be agreed in advance with Private Sector Housing and the OT before tendering. The schedule of works needs to be itemised to enable the work to be competitively tendered with prices set against each individual item on the schedule of works. Private Sector Housing will be able to advise on the number of quotes that are required for any application, as this depends on the likely cost.

If you wish to act as your own agent and arrange the work yourself, further information is available in the leaflet "The Role of an Agent and what you need to consider in employing an Agent" and is available on request.