16 June 2025SLCC understands that following the 2025 spending review, the government has withdrawn all support for neighbourhood planning (grant funding and new technical support requests) for 2025 onwards. This includes new applications. This does not, however, affect technical support packages agreed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) by the end of March 2025 and which have until the end of March 2026 to complete.
This includes both the support they provide to community groups (including town and parish councils) preparing or reviewing neighbourhood plans and local authorities to cover referendum and examination costs etc.
We will be in touch with an update and further information as soon as they become available.
