Deadline: 1-Feb-25
The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk is seeking applications for its Community Infrastructure Levy Grant Program to deliver infrastructure to benefit the residents and businesses within the borough.
Focus Areas
- Green infrastructure projects
- Projects relating to public open spaces such as new or improved footpaths and cycleways to support new development.
- Installation & improvement of public play areas and equipment.
- Open spaces used for education, to support environmental initiatives.
- Improvement of habitats for wildlife and nature, to alleviate the effects of new development.
- Environmental services such as flood defence or absorption of air pollution.
- Leisure time activities infrastructure
- Infrastructure projects, to support accessible leisure time activities such as new facilities, improvement of existing facilities or upgrade of facilities to enable an increase of usage, to support new development of an area.
Funding Information
- Sums over £2,000, can be used to fund projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any constituted group may apply for funding. If you are a local or community group thinking of applying for funding, they will require written confirmation that the Parish Council support your project, as part of the application process.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following projects will not be considered for CIL Funding:
- Projects in areas with no development, which will not benefit the wider community or support new development
- Improvements to private enterprises, charitable or community facilities which will not increase capacity
- The Provision of Services – Payments to individuals/businesses which are not specifically related to new development
- Staffing costs
- Projects that do not increase the capacity of a facility, building or structure
- Projects that relate to sundry items – miscellaneous small items or works that do not fit within the definition of infrastructure
- CIL can be used to:
- Fund all of a project, or can be combined with funding available from other sources
- Increase the capacity of existing infrastructure or to repair failing infrastructure, if that is necessary to support development.
- Their CIL governance document provides further information relating to:
- Project pre-application criteria
- Project scoring criteria
- Decision-making processes
For more information, visit Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk.