Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of personal interest.

RESOLVED that the decision record of the meeting held on the 17^th May 2023 be signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED that the following applications for assistance from the Targeted Finance Fund, Mynydd y Betws Community Benefit Fund and the Welsh Church Fund be approved subject to the usual terms and conditions and those specified in the report:

RESOLVED

4.1 that the following applications for assistance from the Rural Innovation be approved subject to the usual terms and conditions and those specified in the report:

4.2 that the following applications for assistance from the Rural Innovation be not supported as they do not align with the key criteria of the fund and, where appropriate, the applicant be signposted to other funding opportunities more suited to the project activity:

The Cabinet Member considered a report on the proposed establishment of a new third-party grant scheme as part of the enhanced offer of the Ten Towns programme for the county’s rural market towns. The Ten Towns Revitalising Rural Town Centre fund would provide an opportunity for town centre premises located on the rural high street to bid for funding to assist in refreshing and revitalising their premises frontages. The fund would be open to targeted premises within designated areas across the County’s rural ten towns. The report detailed the criteria for the fund and the application process.

RESOLVED

5.1 to approve the establishment of a new third-party grant scheme, the Ten Towns Revitalising Rural Town Centre fund, as part of the Ten Towns programme to support the vibrancy, and increase footfall, in the town centres;

5.2 . to delegate the awarding of funding to the Head of Regeneration.