Decision details

Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) allocations 2025/26

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Decision Maker: Chief Executive Officer - Jane Portman

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To approve the recommendations of the Rural England Prosperity Fund Assessment Panel and award funding to a number of projects in the district. (See Annex 1).

Decision:

The Deputy Chief Executive in consultation with the Cabinet Member for the Economy and Council Transformation resolved to APPROVE the recommendations of the Rural England Prosperity Fund Assessment Panel and award funding to a number of projects in the district.

The detail of the awards and the recipients of the awards is contained in Annex 1.

Reasons for the decision:

To enable the Council to make use of the Rural England Prosperity Funding allocated to it by Government and to approve applications by organisations in the district which will help the Council to deliver the outputs and outcomes set out in the REPF Local Investment Plan addendum.

Alternative options considered:

The alternative option was to not approve the panel’s recommendations. To do so would have risked failing to spend the allocation available and not delivering the outputs and outcomes expected of the Council.

Publication date: 04/07/2025

Date of decision: 03/07/2025

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