Community Recovery Grant
Households can apply for up to £500 cash to help with immediate costs.
Council Tax Discounts
Households could be eligible for 100% council tax relief for at least three months.
Property Flood Resilience scheme
Eligible flood-hit property owners can apply for up to £5,000 to help make homes and businesses more resilient to future flooding. This will be administered by Surrey County Council.
Eligibility for these grants
You can get funding support if you were flooded between 2 and 12 January 2024, if you meet one of the following two criteria:
- Flood water entered the habitable part of your main residential property
- Flood water did not enter into habitable areas, but the local authority regards that the residence was otherwise considered unliveable for a period of 48 hours or more*
A property may be considered unliveable where:
- access to the property was severely restricted (e.g. residents trapped in upper floor flats by flood water)
- key services such as sewerage, water and power supplies were severely affected
- the property was affected by sewage flooding
- the storm caused so much damage to the property that it would have been advisable for anyone living there to vacate the property, regardless of whether they did so or not.
*Only properties flooded internally are eligible for the Property Flood Resilience Grant.
Applications now closed
The deadline for applying for these grants has now passed. If you applied for a grant through this process and have not yet heard back, we will aim to respond by Monday 8 April.
If you have any further queries in the meantime, please contact general.enquiries@waverley.gov.uk
Holding, sharing and reporting data
Any information provided will be shared with Surrey County Council to record impacted properties, help with flood recovery, process and verify the flood recovery framework grants, and to inform current and future flood risk management actions.
We also must share the information with the Government Department which provides the grant funding.
We will never share your details with thrid parties without your permission, including insurance companies.
Further information
More information about detailed eligibility criteria for each grant and required documentation can be found on the Surrey County Council website.