Decision details

          The Board considered a report of the Executive Director - Environment and Regeneration, which provided an update on the Plan for Neighbourhoods (PfN) funding programme.

          In the 2024 Spring budget the then Government announced Phase 2 of their Long-Term Plan for Towns programme which identified Runcorn as one of the 20 additional towns across the country which would benefit from an allocation of £19.5m to invest over a 10-year period in local priorities.

          It was reported that in March 2025, the Long-Term Plan for Towns was renamed Plan for Neighbourhoods by the new Government and the timeline for commencing delivery was pushed back to April 2026. The intention remained that the £19.5m funding over a 10-year period would deliver a range of interventions. A full list of Sub-Interventions was provided at Appendix 1, Terms of Reference as Appendix 2 and a List of Organisations represented on the Board as Appendix 3.

          The report outlined the development timeline of a Regeneration Plan which must be submitted to the Ministry - Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) by 28 November 2025.

          RESOLVED: That the Board

1)    acknowledge the new name of the Board – Runcorn Town Neighbourhood Board as directed by MHCLG/central Government;

2)    note the updated Terms of Reference to reflect the change of name and requirements of the new Plan for Neighbourhoods directive;

3)    note the updated list of interventions (funding themes); and

4)    note the timeline for submission of key documents to MHCLG and for delivery.