Funding to support Local Plan implementation
The government has announced a minimum of £14 million of funding to support local authorities with local plan-making. This new funding will be available to eligible authorities producing plans in both the legacy and new plan making systems.
The government has announced a minimum of £14 million of funding to support local authorities with local plan-making. This funding is in addition to the £29 million of funding awarded in January and March 2025.
This new funding will be available to eligible authorities producing plans in both the legacy and new plan making systems.
The following funds are available:
Legacy System Plan Funding – funding for legacy system plans. The legacy system covers those plans to be prepared and adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (excluding the amendments made by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023) and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning)(England) Regulations 2012.
New System Plan Funding – funding for local authorities committed to bringing a plan forward early in the new plan-making system.
Legacy System Plan Funding
Funding is being provided to support eligible authorities that are progressing a local plan in the legacy system and who intend to submit their plan for examination by 31 December 2026, at the latest. The funding can be used for a range of support including additional staff resource, preparation of updated evidence base documents or assessments to ensure you progress towards submission by the deadline.
You can find further details on Legacy System Plan Funding including the eligibility criteria and link to the expression of interest form.
New System Plan Funding
Funding is being provided to local authorities to help them in bringing a plan forward early in the new plan-making system. This will include local authorities who will be legally required to publish a notice of intention to commence local plan preparation by 30 June 2026 and to publish their Gateway 1 self-assessment by 31 October 2026, as well as other local authorities preparing a plan in the new plan-making system who commit to meeting these dates.
You can find further details on New System Plan Funding including the eligibility criteria and link to the expression of interest form.
Contact us
Should you have any questions about the above funds, please email localplanfunding@communities.gov.uk