72 areas to receive Future High Streets Fund cash
The government has announced £830m from the Future High Streets Fund will be invested in 72 areas across England.
The funding comes as more areas around go into Tier 4 restrictions, which means non-essential shops will have to close.
According to the government, the cash will also help to protect and create thousands of jobs in a range of industries, delivering opportunities and prosperity to communities across England.
Fifteen areas across England have been awarded a confirmed £255m from the Future High Streets Fund.
A further 57 areas have received a provisional funding offers totalling up to £576m and we will be working with them to finalise their proposals.
The 15 places who are receiving full funding are:
- Tamworth Town Centre – Tamworth, £21,652,555
- Sunderland City Centre – Sunderland, £25,000,000
- Sutton – Sutton, £11,346,704
- Bishop Auckland – Durham, £19,856,853
- Blyth Town Centre – Northumberland, £11,121,059
- Kidderminster – Wyre Forest, £20,510,598
- Old Kent Road – Southwark, £9,605,854
- Swindon – Swindon, £25,000,000
- Stockport – Stockport, £14,500,000
- Winsford – Cheshire West and Chester, £9,980,000
- Sheffield High Street – Sheffield, £15,817,001
- Blackfriars, Northern City Centre – Worcester, £17,939,000
- Birkenhead – Wirral, £24,581,011
- Brierley Hill High Town Centre – Dudley, £9,985,689
- Stretford – Trafford, £17,605,674
The 57 places receiving provisional funding offers are:
- Leamington Town Spa, Warwick (Warwickshire) – £10,015,121
- Nuneaton Town Centre, Nuneaton and Bedworth (Warwickshire) – £13,362,736
- Wolverhampton City Centre – £15,760,196
- Walsall – £11,439,967
- Newcastle-Under-Lyme – £11,048,260
- Stafford – £14,377,723
- Tottenham, Haringey – £10,019,648
- Woolwich Town Centre, Greenwich – £17,150,964
- Wealdstone, Harrow – £7,448,583
- Putney Town Centre, Wandsworth – £1,058,706
- Elland Town Centre, Calderdale (West Yorkshire) – £6,310,812
- Northallerton, Hambleton (North Yorkshire) – £6,085,013
- Rotherham – £12,660,708
- Halifax – £11,762,823
- Barnsley Towns Centre – £15,624,456
- Scunthorpe – £10,675,323
- New Ferry, Wirral – £3,213,523
- Wigan – £16,633,691
- Crewe – £14,148,128
- Rochdale (Greater Manchester) – £17,080,458
- Farnworth, Bolton (Greater Manchester) – £13,306,817
- Oldham – £10,750,237
- Kirkham Town Centre, Fylde – £6,290,831
- Maryport Town Centre, Allerdale – £11,527,839
- Carlisle City Centre – £9,129,874
- Plymouth City Centre – £12,046,873
- Barnstable, North Devon – £6,548,876
- Newton Abbot, Teignbridge – £9,199,364
- Paignton, Torbay – £13,363,248
- Kingswood, South Gloucestershire – £12,555,464
- Salisbury City Centre – £9,355,731
- Penzance, Cornwall – £10,403, 112
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire – £16,347,056
- Yeovil – £9,756,897
- Taunton, Somerset – £13,962,981
- Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland – £5,833,628
- Middlesbrough Centre – £14,170,352
- Stockton – £16,543,812
- South Shields – £5,959,187
- Derby City Centre, St Peters Cross – £15,034,398
- Sutton-in-Ashfield (Nottinghamshire) – £6,279,872
- Grantham, South Kesteven (Lincolnshire) – £5,558,818
- Grimsby (North East Lincolnshire) – £17,280,917
- Nottingham City Centre, West End Point – £12,523,981
- Heanor, Amber Valley – £8,592,837
- Northampton – £8,442,730
- Buxton, High Peak – £6,608,223
- Dover Town Centre and Waterfront – £3,202,226
- Newhaven, Lewes – £5,004,939
- Chatham Town Centre, Medway – £9,497,720
- Ramsgate, Thanet – £2,704,213
- Commercial Road, Portsmouth (Hampshire) – £3,122,375
- Fratton, Portsmouth – £3,858,489
- High Wycombe – £11,886,876
- St Neots, Huntingdonshire – £3,748,815
- March High Street, Fenland – £6,447,129
- Great Yarmouth – £13,774,430
‘The year ahead will be a big one for the high street as it seeks to recover, adapt and evolve as a result of the pandemic,’ said housing secretary, Robert Jenrick.
‘Today’s £830m investment from the Future High Streets Fund is one of many ways the government is working to help our much-loved town centres get through this and prosper into the future.
‘The role of high street has always evolved. We want to support that change and make sure that they are the beating heart of their local community – with high quality housing and leisure in addition to shops and restaurants.
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