Doncaster Rural Capital Grant - City of Doncaster Council

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Important

Before Applying – Please read the following

Please ensure that you have read and understood the accompanying guidance documents. You will not be able to save the progress of your application and return to it at a later date, so please ensure you have all of the required information to hand before you start.

Before progressing, please be advised that the Rural England Prosperity Fund ('the Rural Fund') is only available for projects in specific rural postcode areas.

If you have not already done so, please check that the location of your project is eligible for this grant by using the Magic Maps application here (the online guidance notes explain how to use the application). If you do not yet know where the project will be located and can only confirm this at a later date, this may result in your application being rejected.

Please tick here to confirm that your project is located within an eligible post code area

Applicant Details

Please give the details of the main contact in the business or organisation applying for the grant. This is normally a director or partner.

Title

First name

Surname

Telephone number

What is your job title / role within the business / organisation?

Please provide details about your business / organisation

Business details

What is the name of your business / organisation?

Date business / organisation established?

What is the address of your business / organisation

Website address (if applicable)

Are your premises:

If 'Other', please specify

Which of the following best represents the legal status of the business/organisation?

Give the reference numbers that apply to the business in the boxes below (Some or all may not apply to your business)

Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) Number

Companies House Certificate of Incorporation Reference Number

Registered Charity Number

Friendly Society Number

Are you registered for VAT?

VAT Registration Number

Other details

Which of the following priority themes of the Rural Fund best reflects your business / organisation?

Number of employees (if you are a business), or individuals within your organisation (Full-time equivalent FTE)

Turnover / income for the last full financial year (if applicable) (£)

What sector do you operate in? (If you are engaged in more than one, select the one that best represents the largest portion of your business / organisation's activities).

If 'Other', please specify

Please provide your Single Business Identifier (SBI) number if you are registered with Rural Payments (the business name and address details we hold for this SBI must match those above)

Parent company

Is 25% or more of your company owned by another business?

Please enter the name of the other business

What percentage is owned by the other business?

Please provide details about your project proposal

Please provide a brief description of your project, and the reasons for your investment.

Make sure this includes a simple explanation of what the grant will be used for.

Upload instructions

If you would prefer to upload a copy of an existing document (for example if you have already drafted a project plan), you can do so here (please note that you can only upload one document). You will need to indicate in the box above that you are uploading a project plan

You are only able to upload one document per upload field
Acceptable file types are doc, docx, xlsx, xls, txt, pdf, html, gif, svg, msg, png, tif, tiff, jpg and jpeg.
Please do not use special characters in file name of the document you upload

Upload from camera or file

Please state how many jobs the project will create (if any)

Please state how many jobs will be safeguarded by the project (if any)

Please describe how the project will provide benefits to your business / organisation, and / or the wider community (for example, by adopting new and innovative technology, increasing productivity or turnover, boosting community cohesion, enhancing the local economy)

Will the project contribute to the low carbon agenda? i.e. by making your business more sustainable, lowering your carbon footprint, or reducing energy use / waste

If 'Yes', please describe what will be achieved, and how

Will the project be located at the same address as your business address provided?
If no, please provide the full address (inc post code) of where the project will be located

Property name or number

Street

Locality (for example, Armthorpe)

Town

Postcode

Will planning permission be needed for the project? (we may require further information about this if your application is successful)

What is the total cost of the project? (£)

Please note that if your application is successful we will require a detailed breakdown of project costs and you will be required to provide up to date quotes for any work, using local suppliers/contractors where possible. We will ask for this information at the appropriate time

How much grant funding are you claiming? (this can be between £2,500 - £12,499 and you can only use funding for capital costs) (£)

In addition to the grant funding, what are the indicative source(s) of the balancing funds needed to complete the project (remember you must be able to provide at least 50% of the total project costs from private funding)

When will the project start? (if you don't have a specific date, please give an estimate)

What is the expected completion date for the project? (if you don't have a specific date, please give an estimate)

How did you hear about this grant scheme?

If 'Other', please specify

Have you received any other public sector funding in the last three years?

Grant funding through the Rural England Prosperity Fund is awarded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund framework, which limits applicants to a maximum of £315,000 public sector funding in a rolling three year period (this is the Minimum Financial Assistance limit). This also includes any De Minimus grant support you may have received via the European Union.

In addition, the grant funding cannot support projects that are receiving funding from other DEFRA schemes.

If you have received any other public sector funding in the last three years, please provide details below.

Project 1

Source of funding

Details of the project funded

Amount of funding (£)

Date of funding

End date of project

Project 2

Source of funding

Details of the project funded

Amount of funding (£)

Date of funding

End date of project

Project 3

Source of funding

Details of the project funded

Amount of funding (£)

Date of funding

End date of project

The Council is committed to meeting its data protection obligations and handling your information securely. You should make sure you read and understand the Business Doncaster privacy notice here, which sets out what you need to know about how Doncaster Council will use your information in the course of our work.

Please tick to confirm that:
I have read and understood the guidance supplied with this application, the information I have given on this form is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if I knowingly give information which is false, provide incomplete information, or fail to disclose something relevant to this application, this application will be rejected and I may be subject to prosecution.

I agree to the above declaration

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