Alexander, according to the Department for Transport and the Department for Communities and Local Government, the local community is the communities of Dover and the surrounding area as described by the boundaries of the Dover District Council, the definition of local community is not included in the criteria, your definition is your own.
DPPT has defined exactly how much will be available as seed funding for regeneration within this area - £50m. This amount of money is not what will be spent on regeneration as a result of this amount of money being allocated. If we use the DCLG community benefit calculator, then £50m seed funding will bring in between £270m and £316m of community benefit including match funds. If we use the NW rule of thumb, then £50m seed funding will be able to draw an additional £75m-£100m in match funding for actual spend on regeneration. How many times do you have to be told - the initial £50m is SEED FUNDING, it is not to be broken out and allocated to individual towns and villages. What happens in Dover has an impact in Dover, Deal, Whitfield, Lydden, Eastry, Eythorne, Ash, Nonnington, Studdal, Guston, Elvington, Northbourne, Sholden, etc. Equally projects that involve physical investment in Shepherdswell have an impact in Dover, Deal, and so on. Your thinking is demonstrated as 100% silo by your question.
Your request for exact amounts to be spent individually in Dover, Deal, Sandwich and the surrounding villages demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about regeneration, area of benefit, spending and funding. Some of the projects envisaged will run over many years, some will be short term, some will be non-revenue earning, some will generate an on-going revenue stream for re-investment. Do you think that £50m is all there is? That's it, never any revenue generation, blow it all on 3 or 4 give aways?!!!!
