Guidance

Long-Term Plan for Towns: guidance for local authorities and Town Boards

This guidance provides further details to support towns in setting up their Town Board and developing their Long-Term Plan.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Published
18 December 2023

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This content is no longer current. The Long-Term Plan for Towns programme was launched during the previous administration and is no longer in place.

Read about the Plan for Neighbourhoods programme, which expands on the Long-Term Plan for Towns.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Long-Term Plan for Towns: guidance for local authorities and Town Boards

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Details

This document provides practical information on the Long-Term Plan for Towns programme, it covers: capacity funding; setting up a Town Board; community engagement; the development of a Long-Term Plan; and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government鈥� support offer.

Annexed to the guidance is further detail regarding the governance requirements for Town Boards, as well as a policy toolkit which sets out the powers available to towns in England (and, in some instances, Wales) and a list of policy interventions with an already agreed case for investment, that towns should consider when developing their Long-Term Plan.

See the initial prospectus published in October 2023.

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Published 18 December 2023

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