About The Town Deal
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In Autumn 2019, the government announced that Hastings, along with 100 other towns across the UK had been selected to bid for a share of £3.6 billion from the Towns Fund in order to support the regeneration of the town centre and gateway sites over the next decade.
A board, (made up of businesses, business and community representative organisations, the public sector and other partners, committed to improving the town), has been responsible for leading the development of our Investment Plan and they will lead the delivery of it over the next six years, with the council as lead partner.
This plan was submitted to the government on Friday 29 January and details where we want to spend the £28.2m that we have bid for and now we wait for government to assess the plan and see how much of that figure is allocated to us in what’s called the ‘Town Deal’.
On 8 June 2021, the Town Investment Plan was approved, with £24.4 million awarded from the
Towns Fund along with the £85 million match funding laid out in the plan.
The allocation of funding has been agreed with the board and the council has begun working with project leads, stakeholders, and the community to shape and develop the details of the projects to bring them to life through business cases.
The business cases will then need approval before our funding allocation is secured and we are able to start work on the projects to deliver jobs, homes, skills, regeneration and actions to reduce our carbon emissions.
As it is a six-year programme projects will come to life at different points during this period.
This is a great opportunity to bring vital investment into the town and it won’t be able to tackle every issue, but it will be able to make positive impacts in the community and provide a strategy to look at what else is needed to fully achieve our vision.
You can find out more about our vision and impacts that the investment plan will have here.
Or download a copy of the full 72-page Investment plan. Please note, this document was the original submission document, so the Towns Fund amount being asked for varies from what was received: £24.4 million.
We also need your help.
We are at the very early stages of the process and we need to hear your thoughts on the future of Hastings as well helping us to develop detailed plans for the projects. The more people get behind the deal, the more likely we can secure the best deal possible for Hastings.
You can head to the Hastings Town Deal social media channels to join in our conversations there.
