Flood protection grants

Norfolk County Council will be seeking funding to offer households across Norfolk the opportunity to apply for a grant towards property level protection. You can apply if you have been flooded inside your house from rainfall, watercourses or groundwater.

Property level protection helps reduce the risk of flood water getting into your home. The grant can be used to provide a combination of automatic flood protection measures such as flood doors, air brick covers and non-returnable valves.

However manual flood protection, such as flood boards and gates, are excluded from the grant as these rely on an individual being present at the property when flooding is expected. These grants are open to residential property owners only; funding criteria excludes commercial properties.

Norfolk County Council have to apply to external partners for this grant, and there is no guarantee you will be successful due to restrictions on eligibility for the grant. Consequently, the process can take a number of years depending on many factors such as the timescale required to bid for funding and the number of applications received by the council.

Applications will be assessed on a number of factors including the number of times the property has been flooded and the risk in the area. Other factors will be considered, including whether the installation of flood protection measures would increase risk to the neighbouring properties and whether property protection is the most suitable option to reduce risk.

Please note that an application for a grant will not be considered if a report of flooding and evidence to confirm the report has not first been submitted to the flood and water management team - Report a flood.