Neighbourhood Planning Frontrunners
The DCLG has invited local planning authorities in England to apply for grants under the Neighbourhood Planning Front Runners scheme. The grants are used to help local planning authorities gain insight into how the provisions for neighbourhood planning are likely to work in practice following Commencement of the Localism Bill. Councils are expected to undertake a planning project in close collaboration with an established community group or parish council in a manner similar to that envisaged in the Localism Bill, or, in business areas, with a local business organisation In areas predominantly occupied by business premises (including, for example, town centres or commercial districts) local planning authorities may undertake projects that are proposed and taken forward by a local business organisation. In these cases, the residential community within the area concerned would be expected also to be engaged with the project. Further, the local business organisation will be required to make a contribution to the costs of the project (which would be additional to any grant offered by the Department for Communities and Local Government) The schemes taken forward under the auspices of the Neighbourhood Planning Front Runners scheme vary in their scope and complexity, or in the size of the area covered. Under this scheme, grants of up to £20,000 have been made available towards the cost of producing neighbourhood planning documents. For information on recipients of the first four waves of grant aid see a map on http://www.pas.gov.uk/pas/core/page.do?pageId=1556060Back
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