Grants for Conservation Area Regeneration Plans Across the North East

Local Planning authorities across the North can apply to Historic England for funding towards the cost of preparing plans to frame and guide conservation area regeneration.

By creating a plan, using a range of practical methods from masterplanning to design coding, we aim to help authorities explore and map the opportunities to improve people’s lives through the revitalisation and regeneration of valued historic places.

We aim to fund areas that need it most and where we can make the most impact.

As such, we will prioritise conservation areas:

• On the Historic England at-risk register or those assessed as vulnerable by Historic England
• In Levelling Up tier 1 and tier 2 authorities with the greatest levels of deprivation, identified by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation, in the conservation area itself or the surrounding area it supports
• Where there is clear potential for plans to directly inform or support the delivery of broader area-based regeneration initiatives
• Where there is clear potential to deliver public value and secure active participation.

This scheme is a competitive process, and we would expect Local Authority partners to contribute 50% match funding.