Fees and ancillary charges

We will consider reasonable fees and offer financial assistance to cover them. The following fees will be eligible for financial assistance if they have been incurred as part of the application process for mandatory disabled facilities grant funding.

• Confirmation, if sought by the Council, that the applicant has a relevant owner interest
• Relevant legal fees
• Technical and structural surveys
• Design and preparation of plans and drawings
• Preparation of schedules of relevant works
• Assistance in completing forms.
• Applications for building regulations approval (including application fee and preparation of related documents), planning permission, listed building consent and conservation area consent (and similar)
• Obtaining of estimates
• Consideration of tenders
• Supervision of the relevant works
• Disconnection and reconnection of utilities where necessitated by relevant works
• Payment of contractors
• In a case where the application is for adaptation support, the reasonable services, and charges of a (private) occupational therapist in relation to the relevant works.

It is important to note that if a private occupational therapist is used then we will still seek input from our Occupational Therapy Service to determine the works that are eligible for DFG funding.