Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund – Round 2
The government is opening round 2 of the Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund to provide grant funding to local authorities on behalf of affected nutrient neutrality catchments. This calls for proposals from local planning authorities to deliver high quality, locally-led nutrient mitigation schemes.
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The Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund Round 2 is intended to support high quality proposals to boost the supply of mitigation available to enable housing delivery and sustainable development. In line with that ambition, an extension for the submission of a complete bid has been granted to a local planning authority whose bid for funding has been substantially completed but is provisional on completing an internal approval process. We have offered an extension until 3 May 2024 for the final bid from this authority, provided a provisional bid can be submitted tomorrow (26 April 2024).
If any other authorities are in a similar position as above, we will consider any provisional application submitted tomorrow, with a final bid submitted by 3 May 2024.
As set out in the 2023 Spring Budget and Autumn Statement, the government committed to provide direct grant funding to local planning authorities to deliver high quality, locally-led nutrient mitigation schemes. Nutrient pollution is an urgent problem for our freshwater habitats and rivers, many of which are internationally important for wildlife. The government therefore announced funding to deliver local nutrient mitigation schemes which will boost the supply of mitigation available to support sustainable development.
Following announcement of round one funding recipients the government is now opening a second round and call for proposals.
The expression of interest invites local planning authorities affected by nutrient neutrality advice to submit a completed template for costed expressions of interest for programmes or strategies to deliver nutrient mitigation. The aim is to unlock housing delivery in catchments of Habitats Sites affected by nutrient pollution.
We are requesting capital bids of up to £10 million (from a single catchment or area where 2 catchments overlap). Funding as part of this scheme will be in the form of a grant, paid directly from DLUHC to a lead local planning authority for catchment-level working.
Last updated 25 April 2024 + show all updates
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The Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund Round 2 is intended to support high quality proposals to boost the supply of mitigation available to enable housing delivery and sustainable development. In line with that ambition, an extension for the submission of a complete bid has been granted to a local planning authority whose bid for funding has been substantially completed but is provisional on completing an internal approval process. We have offered an extension until 3 May 2024 for the final bid from this authority, provided a provisional bid can be submitted tomorrow (26 April 2024). If any other authorities are in a similar position as above, we will consider any provisional application submitted tomorrow, with a final bid submitted by 3 May 2024.
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