Torridge District council to wait until March to spend £400m of Levelling Up funding.
The plan would be for officers to work with representatives from education, business and the agricultural sector alongside government ministersTorridge in Devon has received a share of the £400m Levelling Up funding but will wait until March before the process of how to spend it begins.
Leader of Torridge District Council Councillor Ken James said there was no opportunity to move it forward.The money was announced in spring this year and would be used for 20 deprived communities.The Levelling Up funding has been described as a chance to identify ways of growing the local economy and priorities for regeneration, theCouncillor Ken James said, “Officers have an enormous amount of work to do and we need to consider that as members about how we go forward.
He added that he had a “warm and receptive” first meeting with levelling up minister Jacob Young and Torridge MP Sir Geoffrey Cox. There would be plans for officers to work with representatives from the education, business and the agricultural sectors alongside government ministers, he added.In a motion to the council, Councillor James Craigie has asked if £15,000 could be used to promote heritage tourism.
After the announcement of the money to Torridge in March, Torridge MP Sir Geoffrey Cox said: “This represents an unprecedented transformative opportunity for Torridge and I am delighted that the representations I have made to the Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the vital importance of the levelling up programme to Torridge have been listened to".
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