The regional development agencies assumed responsibility for delivery of the social-economic measures of the Rural Development Programme for England from 1 October 2006. RDA operating costs for delivering the RDPE are funded by DEFRA. The amounts set out as follows have been transferred to RDAs:
£ 1 October 2006-31 March 2007 1,806,098 1 April 2007-31 March 2008 3,671,036 1 April 2008-31 March 2009 4,950,000
The following table provides details of the projects approved by regional development agencies since the programme was opened for applications under the socio-economic measures:
Regional development agency Project/Programme Date approved Advantage West Midlands Certainly Wood 28 August 2008 RDPE Action Plan for Tourism and Leisure 15 May 2008 RDPE Action Plan for Food and Drink 15 May 2008 RDPE Action Plan for Livestock 15 May 2008 RDPE Action Plan for Environmental Technologies 15 May 2008 The Leader Approach for the West Midlands (preliminary expenditure) 28 February 2008 The Leader Approach for the West Midlands (Programme approval) 28 February 2008 East of England Development Agency Agri-Food Skills—Coordination project 19 June 2008 Agri-Food Skills—Vocational Skills 19 June 2008 Agri-Food Skills—Higher Level skills 19 June 2008 Radwinter Game Handling Facility 5 June 2008 Woburn Country Foods 9 June 2008 Camgrain Advanced Processing Centre 4 January 2008 Regional Woodfuel Supply Chain 6 August 2008 Chilterns Cross-Border LAG 23 June 2008 Greensand Ridge 21 May 2008 The Eastern Plateau 21 May 2008 Brecks 21 May 2008 Waveney Valley 21 May 2008 North Norfolk Coast and Broads 21 May 2008 Fens Adventurers Partnership 21 May 2008 East Midlands Development Agency Bolsover and North East Derbyshire 28 January 2008 Coastal Action Zone Partnership 28 January 2008 Lindsey Action Zone 28 January 2008 Peak District Rural Action Zone 28 January 2008 Acrelands 8 June 2008 Biomass Glasshouse heating system 5 September 2008 Bluebell Dairy 8 August 2008 Centre of Renewable Energy 30 April 2008 Provision of Production Unit Niche and Novel Crops 4 June 2008 Pump Farm Day Nursery 18 April 2008 Restoration of Coneygre Farm Quarry 2 September 2008 Rural Holiday Let and Work/Studio area 18 July 2008 South Rauceby Water Reservoir 14 October 2008 Sustainable Water Resource Management System 1 July 2008 Thorpe Latimer Farm Shop and Butchery 6 August 2008 Woldgrain Integrated Combined Crop Storage 23 October 2008 North West Development Agency Livestock Programme Cumbria 22 July 2008 Fells and Dales Leader group 23 June 2008 Solway Borders and Eden Leader group 23 June 2008 Centralised Grains Store feasibility study 22 August 2008 One North East Programmes Micro-enterprise Development 14 April 2008 LANTRA 5 June 2008 Bio-energy supply chains 22 April 2008 Community and Business Assets 7 October 2008 Projects Wheelbirks ice cream 23 September 2008 Cold Storage facilities 15 April 2008 Catering Butchery 7 October 2008 Egg processing and packaging 28 August 2008 LEADER—4 Local Action Groups 20 May 2008 South East England Development Agency Lidsey Reservoir 21 April 2008 Style Place Farm Reservoir 21 April 2008 Rbat/Lantra Consortium training project (Landskills SE) 21 April 2008 Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes Leader 8 May 2008 Chilterns Leader 8 May 2008 Lodden and Eversley Leader 8 May 2008 Isle of Wight Leader 8 May 2008 Kent Downs and Marshes Leader 8 May 2008 New Forest Leader 8 May 2008 North Wessex Downs Leader 8 May 2008 Surrey Hills Leader 8 May 2008 Sussex Downs and Low Weald Leader 8 May 2008 Three Harbours and a Coastal Plain Leader 8 May 2008 Wealden and Rother Rural Partnership Leader 8 May 2008 West Kent Leader 8 May 2008 Winchester and South Downs Leader 8 May 2008 Hidden Britain South East 29 May 2008 Coldharbour Farm Diversification 29 May 2008 Mansfields Fruit Packing and Storage Project 29 May 2008 South Oxfordshire Leader 22 July 2008 Livestock Health South East training 31 July 2008 Bowley Farm Irrigation Project 31 July 2008 Rough House Farm Reservoir 31 July 2008 Colne Valley Park LAG 31 July 2008 Newmafruit Fruit Storage and Packing Project 19 September 2008 Weald Granary Grain Storage 8 October 2008 Whalley Forestry machinery 8 October 2008 Torrey Hill Forestry Centre 8 October 2008 South West of England Development Agency VTS Extension 2008-09 R of R 50 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS Extension R of R 50 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS Extension 2008-09 R of R 100 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS Extension 2008-09 R of R 100 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS Extension R of R 50 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS extension Cornwall 50 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS Extension 2008-09 Cornwall 100 per cent. 15 July 2008 VTS Extension 2008-09 Cornwall 100 per cent. 15 July 2008 South West Rural Development Gateway R of R 50 per cent. 22 April 2008 South West Rural Development Gateway Cornwall 50 per cent. 22 April 2008 South West Rural Development Gateway R of R 100 per cent. 22 April 2008 South West Rural Development Gateway Cornwall 100 per cent. 22 April 2008 South West Rural Development Gateway R of R 75 per cent. 22 April 2008 South West Rural Development Gateway Cornwall 75 per cent. 22 April 2008 Sustainable Woodlands South West—R of R 22 September 2008 CPDS 111 Devon 7 October 2008 CPDS 111 Gloucestershire 7 October 2008 CPDS 111 Somerset 7 October 2008 CPDS 111 Wiltshire 7 October 2008 CPDS 111 Cornwall 7 October 2008 CPDS 111 Dorset 7 October 2008 Sustainable Woodlands South West—Cornwall 22 September 2008 111 SWHLI Blue Tongue Cornwall 17 June 2008 SWHLI Regional Advisory Panel—RoR—VM 3 June 2008 111 SWHLI Blue Tongue VM 17 June 2008 SWHLI Regional Advisory Panel—Cornwall 3 June 2008 Yorkshire forward The Coniston Shooting Ground and Golf Target/Archery Range Facilities and Customer Care Project December 2007 Hutchinson Roots Farm Shop December 2007 YAS Growing Routes December 2007 Nostell Estate Office Conversion December 2007 Sutton Art Gallery December 2007 North Country Primestock Yorkshire Provenance Lamb February 2008 Price Dales Mountain Biking February 2008 Gemmell Clayton Hall Farm AD February 2008 Critchlow Dependable Productions Expansion February 2008 Burton/Yorkshire Farmers Yorkshire Outdoor Pork February 2008 Muntons Malt Supply Chain Ltd. February 2008 Hydrodemolition and Surface Preparation Using Robotic Techniques February 2008 Upper Denby DC Ltd. February 2008 Eggsell Supply Chain February 2008 Lyke Wake Walk Room at Ryedale Folk Museum February 2008 Share to Farm February 2008 Learning To Listen Development Plan June 2008 Hinchliffe's Butchers June 2008 Retro Ice Cream Parlour with adjoining Seattle-style Coffee Shop June 2008 Developing Givendale Prime Beef Brand June 2008 Ames Forestry Contracting June 2008 Drewton Manor Biomass Installation August 2008 Eastern Dales Visitor Centre—feasibility study March 2008 Westfields Livery July 2008 Robinsons Farm Shop July 2008 Free Range Eggs fron Great Ayton July 2008 Chilburne Spring Expansion September 2008 St. Quintins Dairy September 2008 Godbold Blacksmith Expansion September 2008 Hare's Leap Farm Shop and Game Dealer September 2008 Broom House Guesthouse Expansion September 2008 Platt Potato Infrastructure September 2008 Forward Farming Storage September 2008 Tomlinson Potato Marketing—Whole Crop Marketing September 2008 Crowtrees Park Golf Course September 2008 Wharfe Valley Oils expansion September 2008 Birkwood Plant Training September 2008 Farmer Copleys Shop Expansion and Internet Venture September 2008 Expansion of Keighley Tree Services September 2008 Anaerobic digestion feasibility study at Langlands Farm Farexchange September 2008 Brookfield Wind Turbine July 2008 Hey Wind Turbine July 2008 Caville Hall water harvesting July 2008 Platts Rainwater Harvesting and Slurry Separation July 2008 Sharp slurry separator July 2008 Ewedale Model Village August 2008 Yorkshire Energy Solutions August 2008 Ryedale Vineyards Winery August 2008 Choc-affair August 2008 Flying shavings September 2008 Marton cum Grafton Village Shop September 2008 Farm Resource Efficiency Programme March 2008 Rural Business Start-Up April 2008 Rural Retail Programme September 2008 LandSkills March 2008
For socio-economic projects under Axis 1 and 3 of the Rural Development Programme for England, payments are made on the basis of claims submitted by project holders and in arrears of eligible expenditure made. A schedule of claims is agreed with each project holder as part of the project. It follows that payments will not be made at the time a project is approved by a Regional Development Agency.
Commitments to new projects under Axis 1, 3 and the Leader Axis of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) only commenced in January 2008 following EU approval of the new programme. Since 1 October 2006, payments have also been made by regional development agencies (RDAs) to projects that were the legacy of the previous England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), funding for which came from the new RDPE budget. That programme closed for new applications in June 2006.
It should also be noted that the RDAs are using a strategic investment approach to delivering the new programme, which includes supporting larger programmes of activity as well as individual projects. Some of the larger programmes will result in further project development and funding.
The following table gives the information on projects which have received, or been approved, for funding, and includes ERDP legacy payments made after 1 January 2007.
Regional development agency Up to £5,000 £5,001-£100,000 £100,001-£1 million £1 million + Advantage West Midlands Axis 1 17 29 6 0 Axis 3 18 92 7 0 Leader — — — — East of England Development Agency Axis 1 11 22 7 4 Axis 3 1 27 5 0 Leader 0 0 1 6 East Midlands Development Agency Axis 1 16 28 8 1 Axis 3 9 42 9 0 Leader 0 0 0 4 North West Development Agency Axis 1 12 35 8 3 Axis 3 9 32 2 0 Leader 0 0 0 2 One North East Axis 1 5 14 7 2 Axis 3 2 45 9 2 Leader 0 0 0 4 South East England Development Agency Axis 1 11 38 13 1 Axis 3 0 41 5 0 Leader 0 0 0 14 South West of England Development Agency Axis 1 2 18 22 1 Axis 3 1 20 10 0 Leader 0 0 1 14 Yorkshire Forward Axis 1 0 32 9 2 Axis 3 9 69 9 1 Leader 0 6 0 6
Commitments to new projects under Axis 1, 3 and the Leader Axis of the Rural Development Programme for England only commenced in January 2008 following EU approval of the new programme. Since 1 October 2006, payments have also been made by regional development agencies to projects that were the legacy of the previous England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), funding for which came from the new RDPE budget. That programme closed for new applications in June 2006.
The following table gives the information requested and includes legacy commitments made since 1 January 2007. The figures in brackets give the percentage (rounded) of the commitment to be paid in programme years 2009-13.
Regional Development Agency Up to £5000 (%) £5001 -£100,000 (%) £100,001 -£1 million (%) £1 million + (%) Advantage West Midlands Axis 1 42,458 0 1,455,637 8 3,922,002 21 0 Axis 3 25,562 0 4,650,208 2 3,270.059 0 1,052,441 0 Leader 0 0 0 0 East of England Development Agency Axis 1 0 58,026 53 611,565 82 11,630,023 93 Axis 3 0 4,122 1 46,313 0 0 Leader 0 0 0 20,100,000 99 East Midlands Development Agency Axis 1 21,950 0 849,080 25 2,598,363 0 1,487,205 Axis 3 26,602 0 1,130,369 2 1,165,546 39 0 Leader 0 0 0 7,980,300 100 North West Development Agency Axis 1 26,231 0 907,641 0 2,107,641 52 5,400,000 93 Axis 3 19,881 0 862,124 0 25,920 0 0 Leader 0 0 0 3,200,000 94 One North East Axis 1 9000 11 643,000 87 1,480,000 81 2,370,000 100 Axis 3 5000 0 1,874,000 0 1,235,000 12 3,350,000 100 Leader 0 0 0 4,500,000 100 South East England Development Agency Axis 1 23,654 0 1,641,631 15 4,298,306 23 2,400,000 70 Axis 3 0 1,664,803 3 735,777 10 0 Leader 0 0 0 29,400,000 92 South West of England Development Agency Axis 1 21,456 0 716,777 7 4,791,564 50 1,086,018 54 Axis 3 20,452 0 1,162,532 10 689,143 9 0 Leader 0 0 500,000 100 32,550,000 100 Yorkshire Forward Axis 1 0 890,000 52 2,420,000 68 4,860,000 83 Axis 3 3000 100 1,830,000 50 1,690,000 27 3,620,000 79 Leader 0 110,000 0 0 16,000,000 100
The 2000-06 England Rural Development Programme was delivered by the then DEFRA Rural Development Service and, as such, no funding under that programme was allocated to regional development agencies (RDAs). Since 1 October 2006, RDAs have taken over delivery of the legacy spend on ERDP schemes which closed to new applicants in 2006.
The number of projects funded under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) since 1 January 2007 includes both new projects and programmes approved by regional development agencies, as well as projects that were the legacy of the previous England Rural Development Programme, thus amounting to over 1,000 projects.
Details of all projects receiving funding through rural development programmes will be published annually on the DEFRA website, and those projects funded from 1 January 2007 to 15 October 2007 (linked to the European Community's financial year) can be found at
www.cap-payments.defra.gov.uk.