Decision details

The Rural England Shared Prosperity Fund (REPF) builds on and is a top-up to the Government's Shared Prosperity Fund and is available only to eligible rural local authorities in England.

The funding available to Fenland District is for £130k over a transitional one-year period 2025-26 and will support the continuation of the 2022-25 REPF rural business grant scheme.

AGREED to:

·         Recommend acceptance of Rural England Shared Prosperity Fund from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) for a one-year period 2025-26.

·         Recommend that officers be delegated to approve and liaise with the CPCA the Rural England Shared Prosperity Grant Funding Agreement 2025-26.