Guidance

Funding to support local authorities with the costs of local plan delivery: Successful local authorities

The successful local authorities who have been awarded funding at Regulation 18 and Regulation 19 stages.

Applies to England

Summary

In December 2024, the government announced funding to support local authorities with local plan delivery for those at Regulation 19 stage. In February 2025, the government announced new funding to support local authorities with local plan delivery for those at Regulation 18 stage.

The purpose of this funding is to ensure that local authorities are well-equipped and supported to implement the changes in the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).      

Eligible local authorities at Regulation 19 stage were invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) form by 17 January 2025, and eligible local authorities at Regulation 18 stage were invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by 28 February 2025 to request a share of this funding. All EOIs have been reviewed.

Two local authorities at Regulation 19 stage have been awarded a share of £500,000.

Eighty local authorities at Regulation 18 stage have been awarded a share of £18,237,000.

Funding for local authorities at Regulation 19 stage

Authority name Award amount
North Somerset Council               £250,000.00
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council          £250,000.00

Funding for local authorities at Regulation 18 stage

Authority name Award amount
Basildon Borough Council £227,962.50
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council £227,962.50
Bath and North East Somerset Council £227,962.50
Birmingham City Council £227,962.50
Blaby District Council £227,962.50
Breckland District Council £227,962.50
Bromley London Borough £227,962.50
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council £227,962.50
Camden London Borough £227,962.50
Canterbury City Council £227,962.50
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council £227,962.50
Cotswold District Council £227,962.50
Dorset Council (UA) £227,962.50
East Hampshire District Council £227,962.50
Eastbourne Local Planning Authority £227,962.50
Fenland District Council £227,962.50
Forest of Dean District Council £227,962.50
Gosport Borough Council £227,962.50
Gravesham Borough Council £227,962.50
Greenwich London Borough £227,962.50
Hackney London Borough £227,962.50
Haringey London Borough £227,962.50
Hastings Borough Council £227,962.50
Hertsmere Borough Council £227,962.50
High Peak Borough Council £227,962.50
Hillingdon London Borough £227,962.50
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council £227,962.50
Hull City Council £227,962.50
Kingston upon Thames Royal Borough £227,962.50
Leeds City Council £227,962.50
Lewes Local Planning Authority £227,962.50
Lichfield District Council £227,962.50
Liverpool City Council £227,962.50
Maidstone Borough Council £227,962.50
Mansfield District Council £227,962.50
Medway Council £227,962.50
Milton Keynes Council £227,962.50
New Forest District Council £227,962.50
North East Lincolnshire Council £227,962.50
North Northamptonshire Council £227,962.50
North West Leicestershire Local Planning Authority £227,962.50
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council £227,962.50
Peak District National Park Local Planning Authority £227,962.50
Peterborough City Council £227,962.50
Ribble Valley Borough Council £227,962.50
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council £227,962.50
Rochford District Council £227,962.50
Rother District Council £227,962.50
Rugby Borough Council £227,962.50
Salford City Council £227,962.50
Sevenoaks District Council £227,962.50
Slough Local Planning Authority £227,962.50
South Cambridgeshire District Council (joint with Cambridge City Council) £455,925.00
South Derbyshire District Council £227,962.50
South Gloucestershire Council £227,962.50
South Kesteven District Council £227,962.50
Southend-on-Sea City Council £227,962.50
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council £227,962.50
Stoke-on-Trent City Council £227,962.50
Stratford-on-Avon District Council £227,962.50
Sutton London Borough £227,962.50
Swale Borough Council £227,962.50
Tamworth Borough Council £227,962.50
Test Valley Borough Council £227,962.50
Tewkesbury Borough Council (joint with Gloucester City Council, Cheltenham Borough Council) £683,887.50
The Broads Authority Local Planning Authority £227,962.50
Three Rivers District Council £227,962.50
Thurrock Council £227,962.50
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council £227,962.50
Torbay Council £227,962.50
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council £227,962.50
Warwick District Council £227,962.50
Wealden District Council £227,962.50
West Northamptonshire Council £227,962.50
West Oxfordshire District Council £227,962.50
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council £227,962.50
Yorkshire Dales National Park Local Planning Authority £227,962.50

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Published 19 March 2025

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