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Lower Thames Crossing – 7.3 Section 106 Agreements – Heads of Terms
b. £27,000 (15%) to community-led initiatives within Havering
c. £18,000 (10%) to community-led initiatives within Brentwood
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7.3.8 Each year, any unawarded funds will be transferred to the following year, and in the final quarter of each financial year, up to 10% of the following year's funding can be brought forward subject to National Highways approval.
Awarding Panel
7.3.9 Panels would be set up to assess applications and make award decisions for each community fund. The panels would be set up by each of the Community Foundations. Panel members are to be appointed based on understanding of the local communities and the impacts affecting them, including individuals from the local authority community teams.
7.3.10 The make-up of each of the panels is proposed as follows in Table 7.3. Table 7.3 Proposed make-up of panels
North
South
2 x Council officers (community teams) (Thurrock and Essex)
4 x Representative from the local community 1 x Community Foundation trustee
1 x National Highways/Lower Thames Crossing representative
Principles for criteria
2 x Council officers (community teams) (Kent and Gravesham)
4 x Representative from the local community 1 x Community Foundation trustee
1 x National Highways/Lower Thames Crossing representative
7.3.11 The detailed criteria for the community funds is to be developed in partnership with the panel and local authorities ahead of the funds becoming available. The criteria is eligible to be reviewed annually at the start of each funding cycle.
7.3.12 Principles are proposed to guide the development of detailed criteria and ensure that there is consistency across the funds.
7.3.13 The principles are as follows:
a. Applicants must be a registered charity, voluntary organisation, social enterprise or public body;
b. Proposals shall relate to at least one of the four overarching themes;
c. Proposals should not obviate or duplicate mitigation or compensation measures secured by the DCO or within the section 106 agreement;
d. Proposals shall be in areas where they can be access by people within the identified wards affected by the Project;
e. The community funds should not be used to fund services or projects that are the statutory duty of an organisation to provide as part of their usual operation;
Planning Inspectorate Scheme Ref: TR010032 Application Document Ref: TR010032/APP/7.3 DATE: October 2022
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