2016 Vale of Usk LEADER Funding Application Form Reference and title of your Project: Master Planning for Heat Networks (T4009) Section 1: Information about your group or business

Main Contact Details

Name: Mark Lloyd Telephone Number: 01633 644865

Your role in the Group/Business

Rural Programme Coordinator

Email address: marklloyd@monmouthshire.gov.uk

About your Group

Group/Business Name:

Vale of Usk LAG When was it established?

September 2015

Your Group’s main purpose:

To manage the delivery of the community-led renewable energy theme on behalf of the Vale of Usk LAG

Do you have a bank account?

Finance is managed through Monmouthshire County Council as lead body for Vale of Usk LAG

Section 2: Details about your project – please see attached score sheet to see how your project will be scored.

2a

Project Post Code Project Start Date Project End Date

NP15 1GA and others throughout The Vale of Usk area

January 2019 September 2019

Please give a detailed description of your project starting with its concise Aim.

Project Aims:

1. Undertake an energy mapping and modelling study of The Vale of Usk area to

identify potentially useful heating, cooling and power demand loads and potentially

useful heat supply opportunities for the purposes of district energy scheme

development.

2. Use the outputs of energy mapping to inform the development of an energy master

plan for The Vale of Usk area encompassing the short and long term which

identifies, evaluates, and prioritises potential district heating scheme opportunities.

3. To identify an initial core scheme and full potential scheme over the long term together

with potential phasing, timeline, key dependencies and constraints.

Project Background Vale of Usk LAG interest in heat networks was first aroused around Autumn 2017 when details emerged of a LEADER project in Wrexham called ‘Power from the Deep’ which was assessing the feasibility of district heat networks using water from disused mines. The concept was to use the water as a heat source through the use of water heat pumps. A similar project based in Bridgend aims to heat 150 homes with the first homes connected by winter 2021. Subsequently fairly in-depth discussions have taken place with Neat Pump, a subsidiary of STAR Renewable Energy based in Glasgow who specialise in water source heat pumps and have installed a number of successful heat networks using this technology such as Drammen in Norway and a scheme covering an area of The Gorbals in Glasgow using water from the nearby river Clyde. Locally, minds centred on the potential of utilising the large volumes of water extracted from the Severn Tunnel at Sudbrook and from the numerous rivers and watercourses in The Vale of Usk region. Published guidance also pointed to campuses where implementation may be more straightforward due to limited numbers of property owners and the existence of a critical mass of buildings or anchor loads. Usk campus sprung to mind especially with the river Usk being so near. The above has led to talks with a range of stakeholders including Network Rail in respect of the Severn Tunnel idea, housing associations and both Monmouthshire County Council and Coleg Gwent estates sections with respect to the shared campus at Usk. The concept has aroused considerable interest and these stakeholders are all fully supportive of any attempts to progress these exciting opportunities. Heat mapping and energy master planning are considered the logical first steps in this process. For information, heat networks (also known as district heating) supply heat from a central source to consumers, via a network of underground pipes carrying hot water. Heat networks can cover a large area or even an entire city, or be fairly local supplying a small cluster of buildings. This avoids the need for individual boilers or electric heaters in every building. The central heat source is often referred to as ‘the energy centre’. There are many possible technologies that can provide the input to a heat network including power stations, energy from waste (EfW) facilities, industrial processes, biomass and biogas fuelled boilers and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants, gas-fired CHP units, fuel cells, heat pumps, geothermal sources, electric boilers and solar thermal arrays. Heat is brought into each building through a ‘heat exchanger’ which, for a residential connection, is about the same size as a small gas boiler. All the same heating controls are available and to the end user the central heating and hot water system works in the same way as a domestic gas-fired central heating system without the need for any combustion to take place inside the building. Heat networks can be various sizes and serve various combinations of building types. Heat networks can be extended over time, and new heat demands and heat sources can be added to the network. Heat networks form an important part of the government plan to reduce carbon and cut heating bills for customers (domestic and commercial). They are one of the most cost-effective ways of reducing carbon emissions from heating, and their efficiency and carbon-

saving potential increases as they grow and connect to each other. They provide a unique opportunity to exploit larger scale – and often lower cost – renewable and recovered heat sources that otherwise cannot be used. It is estimated by the Committee on Climate Change that around 18% of UK heat will need to come from heat networks by 2050 if the UK is to meet its carbon targets cost effectively.

2b Please describe the objectives, benefits and priorities of your project

Project Objectives:

1. Ensure the district heating study is consistent with CIBSE/ADE1 Heat Networks

Code of Practice.

2. Review the red line boundary for the study and highlight any opportunities to extend

the study boundary where this is appropriate and can potentially add value to the

scheme.

3. Identify and categorise existing, heating, cooling and power demand loads

potentially relevant to district heating, cooling and power scheme opportunities and

represent with GIS mapping.

4. Identify key residential and non-residential development scenarios and model the

associated heating, cooling and power demand loads and represent with GIS

mapping.

5. Determine the suitability of identified heating, cooling and power demands for district

energy scheme development.

6. Determine and assess the full range of potentially relevant low and zero carbon

district energy supply technologies including private wire.

7. Determine potential energy centre locations and network routes.

8. Identify the key district heating, cooling, and private wire scheme options and

undertake a high level economic assessment.

9. Evaluate and prioritise identified district heating/cooling/private wire scheme options

according to agreed criteria, to determine the recommended scheme options

suitable to progress a subsequent techno-economic feasibility study.

Benefits & Priorities Heat networks are particularly attractive in high-density built-up areas such as city centres, and also work well for new build developments and campuses, and for some more rural off-gas grid communities. They can deliver a wide variety of benefits to the environment, to consumers and to the wider economy.

A heat network is one of the most cost-effective ways of reducing carbon emissions from heating. Their efficiency and carbon-saving potential increases as they grow and connect to each other. They are an essential part of our future clean energy infrastructure. Many of the cheapest sources of low-carbon heat can only be used if there is a network to distribute the heat. Once the network is in place, heat that otherwise goes to waste can be harnessed and used: for example waste heat from industry, from power stations or from low temperature heat sources such as from data centres. Heat can even be taken from the rivers and canals that run through many town centres and from the warm mine-water left in old coal mines. Heat networks can mean lower bills for consumers. The Government will only support heat networks which can provide heat at prices no higher than the alternatives, specifically encouraging those that can show they will be able to cut bills. Bill savings of at least 30% have been achieved when replacing electric heaters in tower blocks. In this way heat networks can help in the battle against fuel poverty too. New infrastructure investment is a catalyst for local growth. Local authorities often incorporate heat networks – sometimes with Combined Heat and Power plants to provide local electricity too – to drive regeneration and attract new business. The energy system, like the whole economy, is an integrated and complex system. Heat networks can have a beneficial impact on the stability and cost-effectiveness of the whole system. Such benefits will take time to realise, but we know that a large heat network system, especially when combined with a large thermal store (hot water tank), offers a cheap and easy way of storing energy until it is needed. This can include taking any surplus supplies of electricity and converting them to useable heat, to the benefit of the overall energy system.

2c How does the project meet the requirements of the Local Development Strategy and what evidence do you have of the need for it? (please list sources, where possible and refer to the Logic Intervention Table) The Local Development Strategy refers specifically to fuel poverty: ‘The LAG area also experiences fuel poverty in households in the most deprived wards which also needs to be addressed’. More specifically, within the Logic Intervention Table the objective for the community renewable energy theme is ‘To identify community hubs that can demonstrate the use of renewable energy and capitalise on natural assets e.g. community woodland, biomass’. The development needs/opportunities for this theme includes:

Opportunities to build small scale community heating systems.

Opportunities for co-operative buying.

Opportunities for demonstration and best practice.

Furthermore, the suggested actions includes:

1. To develop demonstration projects associated with renewable energy with

community hubs, transport, local facilities, etc.

2. To raise awareness of renewable energy initiatives and solutions amongst rural

communities through local promotion, in particular through Welsh woodlands as a

response to climate change and to address local fuel poverty issues.

3. To establish networks with farmers and landowners to investigate likely supply and

link to community led demand in terms of underused resources.

2d What feasibility/survey and planning work have you undertaken with regard to the proposed project? Please indicate if these are part of the proposed project. Feasibility, survey and planning work constitutes a large part of this proposed project and we have so far liaised with appropriate agencies including the Heat Networks Delivery Unit within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, a range of stakeholders such as NRW, Welsh Water, Network Rail, Mon CC estates, Coleg Gwent, Melin Homes and Pobl Group (Homes) collecting relevant information which will underpin the initial brief. Discussions have also been held with STAR renewable energy group and Sustainable Energy of Cardiff in relation to information on heat mapping and energy master planning.

2e Does this project have links to other projects and initiatives? (please list and explain) This project runs alongside an application that has been submitted to Innovate UK by Monmouthshire County Council estates section to model commercial feasibility of a low-carbon, multi-vector energy system in Caldicot that includes: 1. A retrofitted district heating network, directing heat from water extraction generated by Network Rail at Severn Tunnel (Sudbrook) to homes/businesses via a centralised water sourced heat pump (existing gas network left in-situ as back up). 2. Tying in renewable electrical generation from the local Council owned 5MW solar farm with additional photovoltaic (PV) capability, utilising batteries and storage walls during excess generation. 3. Creation of a self-balancing virtual private network (VPN) that tests a new regulatory market structure (with consideration given to benefits, avoided costs, value-flow), supporting new billing methodologies and other local benefits. 4. Removing single-phase electric cabling and installing 3-phase electric power supply cables to new and existing buildings, supporting electric vehicle (EV) charging, and reducing network transmission losses. 5. Use of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) units to enable EV batteries to be used to balance the LV system and optimise the local use of PV generation and maximise value. 6. Modelling the impact of interventions and develop a detailed plan for a demonstrator project.

The National Heat Map, which was commissioned by the Department of Energy and

Climate Change - now Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) - and

created by CSE in 2010. Its purpose was to support the planning and deployment of local

low-carbon energy projects in England by providing publicly accessible high-resolution

web-based maps of heat demand by area.

The uniqueness of the National Heat Map lay in its detailed address-level modelling of

demand data and the tools for analysing this. It combined a very detailed geographic

model of energy use with a range of user-friendly visualisation and reporting tools,

providing sophisticated GIS functionality to non-technical users via a standard web-

browser.

In April 2018 the National Heat Map was decommissioned by BEIS and is no longer

working. In any case, it did not include Wales.

2f Describe how the project is innovative (see guidance for definition) and has a similar project been successfully undertaken in any other area (details, if possible)? Heat mapping and energy master planning aren’t new. They are however considered to be the vital first steps in determining current and potential heat demands in order to identify suitable sites for district heat networks, likely energy source and commercial viability. Effective master planning requires detailed and extensive data collection and analysis to identify, evaluate and prioritise potential decentralised energy and district energy scheme opportunities and constraints. Energy mapping is the energy demand and supply assessment i.e. identification of heat demand and potential existing or planned supply sites for a network. The master planning elements involves assessing the network opportunities i.e. assessing how the energy sources can supply demands and where there are gaps and additional energy sources are required. In terms of district heat networks, only one exists in The Vale of Usk, a 2.5MW biomass system installed by Newport City Homes at Duffryn. Slightly further afield is a scheme at The Works site in Ebbw Vale and a Biomass scheme serving the National Trust owned Dyffryn Gardens site in The Vale of Glamorgan. In north Wales there’s a scheme at another National Trust site, Penrhyn Castle and at Portmeirion near Cricceth. In central Cardiff a scheme should be operational within the next two or three years. Schemes using water source heat pumps as the prime energy source are relatively rare in the UK. Extensive research has revealed that there are none currently in Wales. Elsewhere there are two schemes based on using water from the River Clyde at Glasgow serving parts of The Gorbals and at Queens Quay.

2g Are any of the Welsh Government strategies listed in the guidance notes covered by your project (please list) Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 Building Resilient Communities: Tackling Poverty Action Plan – Welsh Government One Wales, One Planet – Welsh Government Energy Wales: A Low Carbon Transition – Welsh Government Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Strategy Well-Being of Future Generations Act

It is also relevant that this project aligns well with the 'Clean Growth Strategy'. This is a recently published Department For Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy policy paper. It advocates that ‘Achieving clean growth, while ensuring an affordable energy supply for businesses and consumers, is at the heart of the UK’s Industrial Strategy. It will increase our productivity, create good jobs, boost earning power for people right across the country, and help protect the climate and environment upon which we and future generations depend’.

2h Does your project consider the following cross-cutting themes and economic benefits? Link for information on Cross-Cutting Themes Download Key Document.

(delete) Explain how

Equal opportunities and Gender Mainstreaming

YES The Vale of Usk LAG and Mon CC as lead body are both

committed to the requirements under the Equality Act

2010. The Council has a vision that by 2020

Monmouthshire will be a place where:

1. People live in more inclusive, cohesive, prosperous

and vibrant communities, both urban and rural,

where there is better access to local services,

facilities and employment opportunities.

Make provision for the use of the Welsh Language

YES The scheme will be promoted in both Welsh and English. Any reports and factsheets will also be bilingual.

Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion

YES Heat networks form an important part of a government plan to reduce carbon and cut heating bills for customers (domestic and commercial).

Sustainable Development

YES Heat networks are one of the most cost-effective ways of reducing carbon emissions from heating, and their efficiency and carbon-saving potential increases as they grow and connect to each other. They provide a unique opportunity to exploit larger scale – and often lower cost – renewable and recovered heat sources that otherwise cannot be used. It is estimated by the Committee on Climate Change that around 18% of UK heat will need to come from heat networks by 2050 if the UK is to meet its carbon targets cost effectively.

Children’s rights Impact Assessment

YES This project gives due regard to the rights of children as required by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by contributing to reductions in pollutants and helping to raise awareness of the environmental benefits for future generations.

Will your local economy benefit from the project?

YES Heat networks can mean lower bills for consumers. The Government will only support heat networks which can provide heat at prices no higher than the alternatives, specifically encouraging those that can show they will be able to cut bills. Bill savings of at least 30% have been achieved when replacing electric heaters in tower blocks. In this way heat networks can help in the battle against fuel poverty too.

2i Please give details and supply evidence of all other sources of funding secured or being sought for the project. Is this project dependent upon finding additional funding? YES

Source of funding Amount Date of decision

An application has been made for funding through the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU). HNDU provides grant funding and guidance to local authorities in England and Wales for heat network project development. They can fund up to 67% of total project cost.

£20,000

31.01.19

Section 3: Delivering & managing your project

3a What do you hope to achieve with this project and explain when you think the key steps will be achieved? The immediate aim is that we are provided with a mapping and modelling study of The

Vale of Usk area to identify potentially useful heating, cooling and power demand loads

and potentially useful heat supply opportunities for the purposes of district energy scheme

development.

The ultimate aim is the implementation of at least one district heating scheme which

contributes to government targets in terms of carbon reduction and reduces the bills of

consumers.

There will likely be three steps in the delivery of the project: Step 1: January – March 2019

Brief writing.

Procurement of resources – primarily suitably qualified consultants whose job it will be to deliver the study in accordance with the project brief.

Step 2: April – September 2019

Production of heat mapping and energy master planning study. Step 3: September 2019

Publication of final report.

Discussions based on study findings. Decision as to progressing of viable schemes.

Applications through the Heat Networks Delivery Unit for funding more detailed studies covering feasibility, project development and commercialisation with a long term view to secure capital funding through the Heat Networks Investment Project.

Throughout the duration of the project information and data will be gathered to enable the production of materials that will be of benefit and shared with others.

3b What risks have you identified that might affect your project?

Low quality study.

Financial – Even a modest heat network can cost a significant amount with a risk that financial losses are incurred.

Obtaining landowner support.

3c How do you intend to deal with these risks? (support may be available if you require it)

Low quality study – A comprehensive brief. A robust selection process to identify qualified and experienced consultants in this field. Due diligence checks.

Financial – In order to minimise risk of financial loss it is imperative that the network is planned in strict accordance with the prescribed feasibility stages outlined in this application. In terms of financial risk the commercialisation stage is paramount.

Obtaining landowner support – This is easier when dealing with fewer numbers of landowners. It is also evident that district heat schemes are more easily enabled when applied to new schemes rather than retrofitted.

Overall, risks will be managed in accordance with the code of practice published by CIBSE.

3d Please submit a copy of your Group’s constitution and explain what experience members of the group might have that will be of benefit to the project. The project has been initiated by the community-led renewable energy theme sub group on behalf of the Local Action Group. The LAG is governed by the Local Development Strategy for The Vale of Usk and the associated Statement of Control. The theme sub group comprises members with extensive experience and knowledge of this subject.

Section 4: Long term impact of your project

4a What do you expect to be the next steps for this project, and how will the project be sustained following this funding? (We may be able to help you find capital funding) Once the full amount of funding has been secured the written brief will be finalised and this will then be advertised on Sell2Wales with a view to procuring a suitably qualified team of consultants. It is anticipated the study will take around six months. It is hoped that a number of sites will be identified which are worthy of further more detailed feasibility work. LAG members should be made aware that there are a number of development stages and therefore the realisation of a heat network on the ground is likely to be a number of years in the making. Below is a summary of the stages which follow after this initial master planning work is complete:

Feasibility study:

Project specific - An increasingly detailed investigation of the technical feasibility, design, financial modelling, business modelling, customer contractual arrangements and delivery approach, up to business case.

Detailed project development:

Development of business/commercial model and financing options; development of outline business case (typically green book compliant depending on scheme size); development of detailed financial model; development of procurement strategy; further scheme design including development of proposed network route, network sizes, and customer connections, development of proposed energy centre solution and location; costing reviews to improve cost certainty; initial scoping and development of commercial agreements; soft market testing.

Commercialisation: Reasonable legal costs such as in relation to developing customer commercial agreements, heat supply contracts, necessary land purchase, land access arrangements, etc.; further development of tariff structure for customer contracts; further development of financial model and business case and associated commercial advice costs where necessary. Potential for preparatory works depending on scheme needs, assessed on a case-by-case basis.

In terms of finance, additional funding for the developmental stages outlined above is available from the Heat Networks Delivery Unit. Capital funding for the implementation of a scheme or schemes is also available under the HNDU through the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) , a £320m capital investment programme providing support for the capital costs of viable heat networks.

4b How will you raise awareness of your project to your community and maintain the community interest in the future (if applicable)? The project will be widely publicised using various online and offline channels. For example, through media releases, relevant networks such as the transition town groups, community climate champions, social media etc. The development of heat networks invariably rely on close relations with a range of stakeholders. Discussions have already taken place with key stakeholders and it is envisaged that these will continue and will be built on throughout the duration of the project.

Section 5: Financial information 5.1 Project Costs (This section will be completed jointly with the project officer)

Cost breakdown How is this cost calculated. (Please indicate where the cost is estimated. If you are able to reclaim the VAT paid please add costs without VAT

£

Room Hire

Consultancy

Appointment of suitably qualified consultants to undertake detailed heat mapping and master planning study (estimate obtained from Heat Networks Delivery Unit)

40,000.00

Marketing & PR

Procured Services

Purchased items <£10,000

Other Costs (please list)

Total Project Cost (Do NOT include VAT if you are VAT registered). Please include your Match Funding total in this section

£40,000.00

5.2 Profile of Expenditure (This section will be completed jointly with the project officer)

Type of expenditure

First Qtr. Second Qtr. Third Qtr. Fourth Qtr. Total

Consultancy

20,000.00 20,000.00 40,000.00

6 What will this project achieve in summary, these are called indicators.

6a Indicator:- LD-CL.006. Number of information dissemination actions/promotional and/ or marketing activities to raise awareness of the LDS and/ or its projects. Definition:- The number of actions undertaken by the Local Action Group to raise awareness and explain the aim, objectives and activities undertaken via the Local Development Strategy to the rural population. The number of planned and targeted activities undertaken by the Local Action Group that promote the Local Development Strategy and its projects OR the production and distribution of materials aimed at marketing and promoting the Local Development Strategy and its projects.

Quantity 5 Brief details

The project will be extensively promoted through direct emailing, press adverts, media releases and social media.

6b Indicator:- LD-CL.008. Number of participants supported. Definition:- Participants: number of people who attend an event to disseminate information, etc. Please note that the number on receipt of any kind of mail-shot associated with the dissemination of information (e.g. the distribution of a report summary) cannot be counted as participants.

Match Funding Must be a minimum of 20% of the total project cost. (Refer to Appendix 1)

Type Provide details of your sources of match funding below

£

Cash Contributions Grant provided by HNDU (Heat Networks Delivery Unit)

26,800.00

In-kind funding you will provide

Total match funding

26,800.00

LEADER Funding Must be a maximum of 80% of the total project cost.

Funding Required

£13,200.00 % of total project cost (Maximum 80%)

33%

Quantity

Brief

details

6c Indicator:- LD-Cl.001. Number of Feasibility Studies Definition:- Number of specific feasibility studies commissioned or undertaken through the programme to provide the background research for a specific problem or issue and the production of a comprehensive written appraisal of the issues, the alternative solutions, the financial costings, a detailed risk analysis and recommendations for the next steps. (refer to LEADER guidance Version 1 Sept 2015 paragraph 31). Available as a download from the web site

Quantity 1 Brief details

The main output will be a detailed report produced by suitably qualified consultants which should identify and prioritise heat network project opportunities based on an area-wide exploration. The aim is to identify a number of 'clusters' within those areas worthy of further more detailed feasibility study work.

6d Indicator:- LD-CL.004. Number of pilot activities undertaken/ supported. Definition:- Number of pilot activities undertaken/ supported through the capacity building activities, broken down as defined in characteristics breakdown. Characteristics:- New approaches, new products, new processes, new services

Quantity

Brief

details

6e Indicator:- LD-CL.007. Number of stakeholders engaged.

Definition:-

Stakeholder: Any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the

project objectives. These can be people, groups or entities that have a role and interest in

the objectives and implementation of a project. They include the community whose situation

the project or programme seeks to change.

Engagement: Stakeholders who become actively involved in the project’s implementation at

any stage.

Quantity 10 Brief

details

We have already engaged with a number of key

stakeholders and it is anticipated this will increase as the

project progresses. Key stakeholders include Welsh Water,

Network Rail, housing associations, Mon CC and Coleg

Gwent.

6f Indicator:- LD-CL.005. Community hubs.

Definition:- The number of new community hubs that were formed as a direct result of this

project.

Quantity Brief

details

6g Indicator:- LD-CL.002. Number of networks established.

Definition:- Number of formal networks that have been created as a direct result of this

project and were not in existence prior to programme involvement. (Each network can be

scored only once over the life of the approved LEADER programme)

Quantity 1 Brief

details

A steering group comprising the key stakeholders.

6h Indicator:- LD-CL.003. Number of jobs safeguarded through supported projects.

Definition:- Jobs safeguarded are where jobs are known to be at risk over the next 12

months. Jobs should be scored as FTE and permanent (a seasonal job may be scored

provided the job is expected to recur indefinitely; the proportion of the year worked should

also be recorded). The job itself should be scored, not an estimate of how many people

may occupy the job. If the job is not fulltime then the hours per week will need to be divided

by 30 to find the proportion of FTE represents (e.g. 18 hours per week would be 0.6 FTE).

Quantity

Brief

details

6i Indicator:- R.24. Jobs created through this LEADER project

Definition:- Total number of jobs created in FTE through support for implementation of

operations under the LDS funded through the RDP under LEADER.

Quantity Brief

details

7 The Rules and Regulations 7.1 Statutory requirements and permissions

Do you require: Yes (Please tick)

No (Please tick)

Attached (Please tick)

Landlord, landowner or lease holder consent

Planning permission

Building regulations

Licences

Specific permission for continued general public access

Any other statutory permission e.g. Natural Resources Wales consent etc. If yes please state:

If yes to any of the above, please provide copies of the approval documentation with this application. If “no” where appropriate please provide written confirmation from the relevant authority that permission is not needed.

7.2 Data Protection and Publicity

The information provided on this application will be used in connection with the processing of the projects application and publicising, administration, evaluation and monitoring of the LEADER programme. To progress this application we may disclose the information we receive from you to others including public bodies and other Government Departments. To publicise, administer, monitor and evaluate the programme we may also disclose information to other Groups or consultants which we consider appropriate. The project description and details, if approved, may be used in various forms of publicity for the Vale of Usk LEADER programme, including being placed on the Vale of Usk web site. We will not however disclose personal details submitted as part of this application.

7.3 Signed and confirmed on behalf of the applicant. I declare that to the best of my knowledge the factual information contained in this form is correct and complete. I understand that if I have given information that is incorrect or incomplete, the offer of any LEADER funding may be withheld and action taken against me or my Group. I also declare, unless otherwise stated in this application form, that I/the Group has not started activity or committed expenditure that relates to this project. If any information changes I will inform the Vale of Usk LAG project immediately.

Signed:

Name:

Mark H Lloyd

Position:

Rural Programme Coordinator

Date:

30th November 2018

Check list:

Have you attached a copy of the group’s constitution (if applicable)

Do you need support or training for project delivery?

Do you need support finding additional funding? PLEASE RETURN TO: rdpinfo@monmouthshire.gov.uk or to the relevant officer

Appendix 1. Additional Guidance for In Kind Match Funding (Link to Welsh Government LEADER Guidance), more detail is provided in the Application Guidance form. Contributions in kind in the form of:-

Provision of works, goods, services, land and real estate for which no cash payment has been made (must comply with ESI rules – see Leader Guidance)

Equipment and Raw Materials may be provided to a project as a form of in kind match funding but the LAG must ensure that evidence is maintained about the value of the amount committed.

Research or other professional work may be provided as a form of in kind match funding but the LAG must ensure evidence is maintained (see Leader Guidance)

Unpaid Voluntary work – Only persons acting in a wholly voluntary capacity will be eligible, signed time sheets should be maintained to support the hours claimed towards the project. Below are a list of rates provided by Welsh Government which can be applied as acceptable rates for voluntary work:

Job Title SOC Code* Hourly Rate £ Annual Rate £

Project Manager 2424 21.72 42,756

Project Researcher 2426 16.55 31,880

Project Coordinator 3539 14.94 28,944

Trainer 3563 14.26 27,775

Project Administrator 4159 10.13 19,812

* Standard Occupational Classification