Living Over The Shop (LOTS) Grant
Updated: 03 Feb 2012
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LOTS is a scheme to encourage people to live in properties over shops in certain areas of town centre regeneration. This grant scheme covers any work carried out in order to make properties over shops fit to live in and, in the case of most flats, fit for the number of people who live there.
These grants may only be approved in exceptional circumstances. Grant applications already in our system which have not been approved are, in general, unlikely to be approved unless sufficient funds become available.
We do not want to raise expectations about the availability of grants or have people incur costs unnecessarily and therefore it is not appropriate to continue to accept any new preliminary enquiries. We will be writing to those who have already submitted Preliminary Enquiry Forms.
Landlords can be given a grant of up to 75% of the cost of eligible expenses up to a maximum of £25,000 where one flat or house is created or £30,000 where there is more than one flat.
Owner occupiers can receive up to £25,000 but will be subject to a means test (Test of Resources). Only properties within designated Town Centre Living Initiative Area boundaries are eligible.
We offer a step-by-step guide to applying for this grant.
Owner occupiers can receive up to £25,000 but will be subject to a means test (Test of Resources). Only properties within designated Town Centre Living Initiative Area boundaries are eligible.
We offer a step-by-step guide to applying for this grant.
Work which can be grant aided
Typical work can include:
- new and improved kitchen
- new and improved bathrooms
- re-wiring and re-plumbing
- fire alarm system (where there is more than one flat)
- repairs to, or replacement of, roofs, doors, windows, chimneys
Download our leaflet on the LOTs Scheme (
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