PART XIII LOCAL AUTHORITY GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND CONVERSION
Improvement grants
241 Approval of application for improvement grant.
1
Where a local authority approve an application made under the provisions of this Part for an improvement grant, they shall notify the applicant and where appropriate, the owner, of
F1a
the approved expense,
b
the applicant’s contribution (where it has been assessed under section 240A),
c
the amount of the grant (and, where the grant is a minimum percentage grant, a statement of that fact).
2
In approving an application for an improvement grant a local authority may require as a condition of paying the grant that the improvement works are carried out within such period (which must not be less than a period of 12 months) as the local authority may specify or within such further period as the local authority may allow.
3
Where a local authority—
a
refuse an application, or
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approve an application but fix as the approved expense in respect of any house an amount less than the amount of the expense estimated in the application in respect of that house (unless the approved expense is the maximum amount which may be fixed under section 242),
they shall notify the applicant in writing of the grounds of their decision.