Enterprise Zones Capital Grant Fund

‘Building Foundations for Growth’

Application Form

This application should provide a summary of the proposed project for your Enterprise Zone. Please refer to guidance on funding eligibility in the DCLG ‘Building Foundations for Growth’ October 2013 document.

Please complete all sections of this application form and return to no later than Monday 18thNovember. The form should be submitted by the Local Enterprise Partnership. Short-listed projects will be asked to develop a full business case in consultation with DCLG area leads.

Section 1 - Project summary

Name of submitting LEP:
Enterprise Zone:
Project name:
Project type:
EZ site(s): / [Name the site(s) which the project activity will directly support. Please be consistent with site names as reported to DCLG through Quarterly Monitoring Returns]
Funding sought from DCLG: / £
Project description: / [Text]

Section 2: Project Rationale, Market Demand and Sufficiency

Is the project commercially viable? / YES/NO
[Explanation]
What is the rationale for public sector investment in this project? / [Text]
What is the evidence of demand for the project from developers and future occupiers
Is the project deliverable without further public funding / YES/NO
[Evidence /explanation]
[Where needed, include approach risk management of public funds / exit strategy]

Section 3: Impact and strategic fit

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Does this project link to actions set out in your EZ action plan? / YES/NO
[Explanation]
Will the project unlock development on the targeted EZ site(s) by 2015? / YES/NO
[Explanation]
Does the project clearly link to the LEP’s existing growth plan and emerging growth strategy? / YES/NO
[Explanation]

Section 4: Project Deliverables

What activities will the grant funding directly support? / [Text]
Who are the expected beneficiaries of grant funding / [List beneficiaries. Name companies where known]
What are the project outputs? [by 2015/project end]
Output (e.g. km road, commercial floorspace, etc.) / Date
[Add] / (e.g. 2015)
[Add] / (e.g. end date)
[Add as required] / [Add as required]
What are the forecast project outcomes?
Outcome (e.g. commercial floorspace, new jobs, etc.) / Date
[Add] / (e.g. 2015)
[Add] / (e.g. end date)
[Add as required] / [Add as required]
What are the proposed project milestones?
Milestone (e.g. design complete, planning permission, start on site) / Date
[Add] / (e.g. April 2014)
[Add] / (e.g. March 2015)
[Add as required] / [Add as required]

Section 5: Financial information

What are the full project costs?
Item (e.g. land purchase, remediation, construction costs) / Project Costs
[Add] / £[Add]
[Add] / £[Add]
[Add as required] / [Add as required]
What other sources of funding are going into the project?
Funding source (e.g. public, private) [Please indicate specifics (e.g. Regional Growth Fund, specific developer)] / Status
(committed, not committed, etc.)
[e.g. Public ERDF] / £[Add]
[e.g. Private [developer name]] / £[Add]
[Add as required] / [Add as required]

All bidders should complete the supplementary spreadsheet providing detailed financial / outputs profile and include this with their submitted application form.

Section 6: Governance and Procurement

Accountable body / [Add name - must be a local authority]
[Please attach signed letter from local authority CEO/CFO confirming acceptance of funds via Section 31 grant payment, should the project be selected]
Delivery body: / [Please state if unknown/yet to be procured]
Has the delivery body been selected? / YES/NO
If no, how will the delivery body be selected/procured?
Has the project already started? / YES/NO
If no, what is required before the project can begin?
Please confirm that you will put local monitoring arrangements in place to meet future progress update requests from DCLG. / YES/NO
Please confirm that the accountable body agrees responsibility for state aid compliance / YES/NO

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