Better late than never

Glad to see the Neighbourhood Plan grants have been re-opened for this year - a late start (the grants usually open early April - but I'm guessing there were other political distractions) but perhaps making up for the delay with a welcome addition of additional £10K grant funding option to help bring forward affordable homes for sale. 

New Neighbourhood Planning funding and support package launched

Announcement out today on the launch of the 2018-2022 neighbourhood planning grants through Locality

Expressions of interest for the new grant open from 3 April

Good news in particular for groups that are:

ü  Allocating sites for housing

ü  Including site-specific design codes in your plan

ü  A designated business neighbourhood plan

ü  A cluster of three or more parishes writing a single plan

ü  A Neighbourhood Area with a population of over 25,000

As if you tick any of these criteria you can apply for an additional £8,000 on top of the basic grant of £9,000, and you will also potentially be eligible for the technical support packages

New Locality Neighbourhood Planning Grants

A couple of key points to note :

• Maximum grant is now £8,000 (or higher for parish clusters, neighbourhood forums or neighbourhood development orders)
• The money must be spend within 6 months or before the end of the current financial year, whichever is the earliest.
• Minimum grant is £1,000
• You cannot apply for work already done.

For more information on how to apply, go direct to http://mycommunity.org.uk/programme/neighbourhood-planning/?_a=funding