Decision details

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) and REPF ODR (ref: CR/637/06/23) in June 2023 approved City of Doncaster Council’s Rural England Prosperity Fund scheme. The Rural England Prosperity Fund is a rural topup to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and is administered by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) on behalf of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The key aim of the
programme is to facilitate sustainable economic growth in rural areas of Doncaster.

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To approval £50k funding application to the ************** from the Rural England Prosperity fund.

The alternative option is to not approve the grant award. This could have a potentially detrimental effect
on the applicant’s ability to deliver this project.
1) The applicant would not be able to receive the level of grant funding requested which may negatively impact the applicant’s ability to secure additional funding for completion of the proposed project.
2) There would be more pressure to expend a higher allocation of REPF grant funding in 2024/25 than is currently accounted for.
3) Reputational damage to Business Doncaster (and by extension, the Council) given the time that has already been spent working with the applicant and his representatives to determine the
eligibility of the application and consultation with members of the public on the application for planning permission and the application for grant funding