Goole Town Deal programme launches £4m Property Activation Fund grant scheme

The Goole Town Deal programme has launched a £4 million Property Activation Fund grant scheme to encourage property owners, developers and tenants to carry out improvements to buildings in Goole town centre and bring empty or under-used sites back into use.
Michael Crossland
By Michael Crossland
Published 26th Jun 2023, 16:45 BST

One of eight projects that have been allocated a share of the Town Deal funding that Goole will receive from the Government as part of its ‘Levelling Up’ agenda, the Property Activation Fund aims to make the town centre a more attractive and appealing place to invest in and do business by restoring, refurbishing and, ultimately, reinventing buildings that are empty, under used or in a poor state of repair.

A total of £4.175 million is available to help transform buildings and sites within the town centre and this will be allocated to applicants in three different size brackets - small (up to £20,000); medium (£20,000 to £314,999); and large (above £315,000).

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Andrew Hewitt, regeneration project manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “There are two stages to the application process and the first of these is a really quick and simple Expression Of Interest stage. Eligible applicants will then be asked to submitted a full application, which will be appraised by the delivery team and then considered by the Property Activation Fund Investment Panel. Both stages of the application process can be completed via the council’s online Flexigrant Portal.

Areas of Goole town centre eligable for the Property Activation Fund grants.Areas of Goole town centre eligable for the Property Activation Fund grants.
Areas of Goole town centre eligable for the Property Activation Fund grants.

“We’ll be looking to allocate grants of various sizes to sites and premises within the eligible postcode areas as part of our aim to regenerate Goole town centre, finding new uses for sites and creating new attractions to boost footfall and fuel economic growth.”

Funding is available to businesses, charities, voluntary sector organisations, learning establishments and public sector organisations in several postcode areas within the town centre.

Full details of the eligibility criteria is available in the Property Activation Fund Guidance Document, which will be made available to prospective applicants.

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There will be a first opportunity for local people to chat to the Property Activation Fund team at an event taking place at RaisE Business Centre on Tom Pudding Way, Goole on Wednesday 5 July, from 8am to 12 noon. Organised by Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership and aimed at small to medium enterprises based in Hull and East Yorkshire, the event is an opportunity to find out more about a wide range of grants and loans available to businesses.

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