Community Ownership Fund round 4: application form assessment criteria guidance
This guidance provides you with detailed information of the assessment criteria used when assessing your full applications. It sets out how to apply the assessment criteria in your full application to the Fund.
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The government is giving full consideration to existing commitments on COF and will confirm in due course. Any Community Ownership Fund projects facing issues in this period should maintain close relationships with their grant manager.
The UK government will assess bids from across the UK against a common assessment framework.
Applications will be scored using this framework, and final decisions on funding will be made by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).
This guidance is a streamlined version of the same guidance which assessors will use to assess applications from Round 4 of the fund. This guidance is written for assessors but will show applicants what we require in application form answers in order to obtain either a satisfactory, good or strong score. We suggest that applicants use this guidance to support them in their application to the fund. See further guidance on how to write an effective business plan.
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Last updated 20 May 2024 + show all updates
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Added new version for Round 4.
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Form updated to reflect extension of the maximum capital funding available to new applicants from Round 3 Window 2 onwards.
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