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Scotland Rural Development Programme

Changes to Rural Priorities

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Details: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 08:25 Tamsin Morris Hits: 459

Some changes to the Rural Priorities strand of the Scotland Rural Development Programme have recently been announced.

Funding for community projects and development plans will now be considered under the LEADER scheme rather than through Rural Priorities (this change was announced in September 2009 - see previous article - but is taking place now). That means that the current assessment round (with committees meeting in October to consider applications) will focus on agri-environment and forestry projects.

Additionally, all future applications for Axis 1 business development projects will only be able to apply for up to £250,000 per project. Consideration is still being given to the idea of introducing a continuous assessment process for smaller Rural Priorities projects and further announcements are expected later in the year.

You can read the full statement from Richard Lochhead MSP here.