Transcript charnwood forest landscape partnership bid update

CHARNWOOD FOREST
LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP BID UPDATE
Lesley Eddleston,
Senior Landscape Architect
Leicestershire County Council
The Landscape Partnership programme
To apply for a Heritage
Lottery Fund Landscape
Partnership grant, you must
identify an area of
countryside that has a
distinctive landscape
character and is recognised
and valued by local people.
This area of countryside
should be no smaller than
20 km² and usually no larger
than 200 km².
Landscape Partnerships




are delivered by a partnership made up of national,
regional and local organisations with an interest in the
area, community groups and individuals
are based around a portfolio of smaller projects which
together provide long term social, economic and
environmental benefits for a rural area
have an overall budget of £100,000 to £3,000,000
will run for a time-limited period of up to 5 years
Landscape Partnership outcomes









Landscape Partnerships must deliver nine outcomes :
Outcomes for heritage
Heritage will be better managed
Heritage will be in better condition
Heritage will be identified/recorded
Outcomes for people
People will have developed skills
People will have learnt about heritage
People will have volunteered time
Outcomes for communities
Environmental impacts will be reduced
More people and a wider range of people will have engaged with
heritage
The local area/community will be a better place to live, work or visit
For each of these outcomes there will be a range of projects.
Bid process – Round 1


Submitted end May 2013
Assessed in one UK wide batch with decision made by Board of
Trustees by October 2013
Bid process – development phase & Round 2

18-24 month development period

Need to confirm background evidence on landscape
character and value, all scheme costs, programmes,
projects, timetable, delivery mechanisms and detailed
projects – all in a Landscape Conservation Action Plan

Not competitive - funding is likely to be available to a
scheme if it meets the necessary criteria, priorities and any
conditions requested following the Round 1 submission

Assessed by East Midlands regional committee within four
months of submission
Timescale

February 2012 – Charnwood Forest Regional Park Steering Group approved development of bid
May 2012 – Stakeholder Group meeting
July 2012 – site visits with HLF Grants Officer
July - November 2012 – meetings with stakeholder organisations

November 2012 – Stakeholder Group meeting

December 2012 – formation of outline Partnership Board

December 2012 – April 2013 – development of detailed bid

End May 2013 – deadline for Round 1 application

October 2013 – Round 1 decision

November 2013 - May 2015 – development phase

June 2015 – anticipated Round 2 application submission

October 2015 – anticipated Round 2 decision

October - December 2015 – set up scheme

2016 Charnwood Forest Landscape Partnership starts


