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Rural Development Programme for England 2007 - 2013


Summary stats – 11th May 2010emda RDPE Management Report summary

% % %

38.7% 11.1%27.1% 2.5%73.7% 1.6%0.0% 0.0%100% 100%

42.6% 15.7%

40.4% 15.4%113.0% 6.5%

0.0% 0.0%0.0% 0.0%100% 100%

66.6% 14.2%

55.5% 14.9%

# the committed figure is the indicative total Leader Approach allocation - it does not represent contracted projects

Spend

Axis 1

Committed EoIs (m)£(m)

Balance

Report Date: 11/05/2010

HeadroomBudget (m)

Regional £11.68 £4.52

£(m)

£7.16 £27.34 -£20.18 £1.30-382%Livestock £11.05 £3.00 £8.05 £17.12 -£9.07 £0.28Skills £2.40 £1.77 £0.63 £0.04

£44.62 -£28.28 £4.48

ERDP legacy £2.87 £2.87 £0.00

Sub-total £28.496 £12.153 £16.34

Axis 3Regional £13.19 £5.33 £18.94 -£11.07 £2.03-241%

-£1.72 £0.86Broadband £4.40 £0.00 £4.40 n/a £4.40 £0.00LEADER*#

Sub-total £33.12 £22.07 £11.05 £18.94 -£7.89 £4.69

£0.00£1.80

Total* £61.61 £34.22 £27.39 £63.57 -£36.17 £9.17Programme % 100% 55.5% 44.5% 143.0% -98.5% 14.9%

£7.87

£0.50

Forestry MEG £0.50 £0.00 £0.50£0.50

Forestry MEG £0.50 £0.00

£0.00n/a

£13.23 £14.94 -£1.72 n/a

£1.80 £1.80 n/a

£0.00

-213%

£2.87

£ (m)

*includes £285,000 from AWM in respect of the Peak District LAG

£0.00ERDP legacy

-13%

£0.5074%

n/an/a £0.00

£0.17 £0.47


Summary stats – 7th April 2011emda RDPE Management Report summary

% % %

50.2% 27.8%48.1% 19.6%69.8% 16.6%0.0% 0.0%100% 100%

55.1% 30.4%

77.1% 37.8%107.7% 28.6%0.0% 0.0%0.0% 0.0%100% 100%

79.2% 31.9%

68.1% 31.2%

regional spend % (excl leader)

# the committed figure is the indicative total Leader Approach allocation - it does not represent contracted projects

31.9% 145.7% -113.7% 31.2%

£10.56

£46.53 -£26.85 £19.23

£3.78£4.40 n/a £4.40 £0.00

n/a-£1.02-£8.71 -388%-£1.02 -8%

£8.67

£2.87

84% £0.40£0.50 n/a £0.50 £0.00£0.72 £0.11 £0.61

£13.42 -£7.68 -234% £2.17

£ (m)Axis 1

£5.82 £21.27 -£15.45 -365% £3.24£5.86

£(m) £(m)

07/04/2011

Committed Balance EoIs (m) Headroom Spend

Report Date:

Budget (m)

Regional £11.68Livestock £11.05 £5.32 £5.73Skills £2.40 £1.68

ERDP legacy £2.87 £2.87Forestry MEG £0.50 £0.00

£0.00 n/a £0.00

Sub-total £28.50 £15.72 £12.78 £34.81 -£22.02

£3.02Axis 3Regional £13.19 £10.18 £11.73

£11.73

£4.98

£0.50

-£4.82

£0.00n/a £0.00 £1.80

Broadband £4.40 £0.00LEADER*# £13.23 £14.24

£0.00

£19.68

£0.50 n/a

£6.90

£41.93

Forestry MEG £0.50 £0.00

Sub-total £33.12 £26.22

33%*includes £285,000 from AWM in respect of the Peak District LAG

ERDP legacy £1.80 £1.80

Programme % 100% 68.1%Total* £61.61


Final numbers (almost)

• Livestock Axis 1 52• Other Axis 1 28• Skills (including the Lantra programme) 3• Axis 3 Livestock (direct) 4• Axis 3 other 54• Meg

– 8 contracted– 7 in appraisal


Axis 1, 3 and 4 spend – 10/11

Total Spend for Year 2010-11

Axis 1 Regional (Competitiveness) £2,840,184

Axis 3 Regional (Diversification) £4,522,303

Dairy sector re-structuring (EERP) £492,563

LEADER £4,205,809

Livestock £2,409,293

Skills £809,587

TOTALS £15,312,677


•Diversification to develop a fire wood production business in Bourne, Lincolnshire.

• The grant assisted with the purchase of timber handling, processing and delivery equipment

•RDPE grant offer £34,095.60

•Between September 2010 and January 2011 the business gained an additional 120 customers and has been able to process and deliver more wood than during an entire season last year.

Case studies - Toft Logs


Sutton Bridge Crop Research Centre

• £269,557 RDPE grant for new building

• 6 environment controlled stores to enable potato storage research and a knowledge transfer area for training courses and open days.

• The training opportunities offered during this project will enable the benefits and latest research data to be disseminated to and used by the potato sector, region and UK wide.

• Over 2,000 people trained by the end of the project

•Opened by Lord Taylor of Holbeach in September 2010, attended by 200 delegates


Potted herb packing and finishing centre

• RDPE grant £400,019• Bourne, Lincolnshire

• New facility to provide temperature-controlled conditions for potted herbs, from harvesting through to despatch.

• Aim to improve shelf-life and product quality, in particular during the summer months.

• Expected to be fully operational by September 2011

• By 2014 the business is expected to have increased the number of pots of herbs packed to 15 million per year and will create five new full time jobs


Woldgrain storage

• Extra 18,000t of storage for harvest ‘10

• Further 9,000t for harvest ’11• New driers• Volumetric blending• State of art controls


•£568,000 RDPE grant

•AD plant will turn outgrade potatoes into electricity achieving a 40% reduction in mains electricity consumption

•Water recycling plant will recycle 60% of the water used to wash potatoes and reduce mains water consumption

Branston Anaerobic Digestion and Water Recycling Facility


Leicestershire Quality Meats

• Building work scheduled for completion in May 2011.

• Will process cattle, sheep and pigs.• By 2012 will create 24 jobs.

• RDPE grant towards the costs of building a £2m multi-species abattoir in the Six Hills area near Melton Mowbray

• Construction of buildings to house a processing plant, refrigeration and storage facilities.

• Animal holding areas created to ensure the health and wellbeing of the livestock.


Hodsock Courtyard

• RDPE Grant £199,479

• Near Worksop, Nottinghamshire

• Extension of a complex of redundant farm buildings to create 10 fully contained, short stay self catering units.

Will receive over 2,000

overnight visitors by

December 2011.

Recently awarded

5 star rating by

Visit England


Forestry Micro-Enterprise Grant

Beneficiary: Jon Colley ForestryProject cost: £49,000

Capital expenditure on: 2002 Rottne F12 Forwarder

RDPE contribution of 50%

Benefits to the region:

• 1 Micro-enterprise business helped

• 1 FTE in place by 31st January 2012

• Annual turnover increase of 12-15%

• Uplift efficiency improved


LAGContract Value (£)

Project Spend (£) %

Admin Spend %

% of Admin Budget

BNED 2,337,996 949,858 40.63 152,944 6.54 49.98

CAZ 2,000,000 605,987 30.30 92,331 4.62 64.93

LAZ 2,500,000 764,918 30.60 96,202 3.85 68.72

N Northants 1,500,000 261,923 17.46 72,604 4.84 33.61

N Notts 1,500,000 615,882 41.06 35,155 2.34 22.68

PEAK RAZ 2,400,000 1,094,804 45.62 129,669 5.40 48.03

Wash Fens 2,004,500 128,600 6.42 55,668 2.78 58.81

Total 14,242,496 4,421,972 31.05 634,573 4.46 47.93

LEADER Performance to 31 March 2011


Lindsey Action Zone –summary to date

• Farm Diversification: 2 projects funded, total RDPE grant £44,500– Creation of Certificated Location caravan site at Hunger Hill, Riby– Creation of All weather training facility for horse and rider at Hallington, Louth.

Further projects in development/ under consideration. Low but steady levels of activity. – Lots of promotion to farmers.

• Microenterprise: 8 projects funded, total £461k grant (£347k private investment levered in)– includes diversification projects not eligible under the Farm Diversification Measure as they may have

diversified too much already Eg: Caistor Equestrian Centre (£172k grant aiming to create 9 jobs). Frog Hall Fisheries development; Composting project at Riby.

• Tourism: 5 projects funded, total £426,759 RDPE grant– Includes Lincolnshire Wolds Walking Festival

(This year has engaged with 25 businesses (mainly accommodation - some on farms) who are promoted in the brochure and offering discounts through the Walking Festival as a marketing tool.

• Heritage: 2 projects funded, total RDPE grant £98,439Includes a small project to establish and promote animal heritage (rare breeds).


Kenwick Farmhouse Nursery Tea Room expansion

(Lindsey Action Zone)

• Micro-enterprise measure

• Extension to existing tea room at plant nursery near Louth, Lincolnshire

• £16,780 RDPE grant (50%)• 1.8 jobs created


Peak District LEADER Summary (1)

• Diversification: 7 Projects supported: £302,394 grants awarded in total.Eg: Watson’s Butchers and Farm Shop, Hope Valley.

• Micro-enterprise: 33 Projects supported under M312 - Grants awarded - £683,500 total Range of projects supported include Manufacturing, Arts businesses, Community businesses (2 New start catering businesses operating from Village/Town Halls). A number of businesses have been supported under this measure which have a direct impact on the farming community however are not classified as M311 or 123:

• Griffiths Mill - Wool processing business employing 3 people in the South of the Peak District• Hope Valley Ice Cream- additional funding has been supplied to the farming family to extend their ice cream

offer into smoothes drinks.• Cantrell Furniture - A young man has opened a new joinery business on his family farm with support for start up

capital costs provided. The new business enables him to be on site at the farm to assist when required.• Two Village shops have been supported through small scale capital costs to assist the long term viability and to

maintain an outlet for local food producers.

• Tourism: 7 Project supported under M313 - Grants awarded £180,000• ‘Extending the Season’ is a three year project providing support to food and accommodation businesses across

the LEADER area, benefiting both diversified farming businesses and the wider business community.• 2 New Start cycle hire/support businesses have opened in response to the opportunity created through the Peak

District National Park Authority’s Pedal Peak District project.


Peak District LEADER Summary (2)

• Basic Services for the Rural Economy M321 - Grant Awarded £117,000• A three year project providing support to communities at risk of losing basic

services or developing opportunities to secure additional services to benefit their communities.

• Heritage: 3 Projects supported under M323 - £23,000 • 3 Small scale Heritage projects improving the area in three villages • Training: 4 projects supported under M331 – Total £40,000• A pilot training project was delivered in direct response to demand to assist

farmers to develop diversification projects that may have been eligible under M311 and the main RDPE programme.


Watsons Farm Shop, Hope Valley (Diversification)

• opened on Saturday 2nd April 2011• RDPE grant £44,363 (40%) • Renovated agricultural store/garage to house relocated

butchers shop, using home grown meat • Created expanded farm shop also stocking other local

producers’ goods.

• Shop and farm are part of the Peak District Environmental Quality Mark scheme and support three farming families.


Land Skills East MidlandsPerformance to Date

March 2011


Summary of programme outputs

• Number of businesses registered = 1614• Number of beneficiaries = 2550• Number of Principle Drivers = 1590 (62%)• Total number of training events = 4135• Total number of training days (6hrs) = 4660


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New commissioning

• Environmental Sustainability

- 2 proposals accepted subject to confirmation• Business Improvement

- 4 proposals accepted subject to confirmation• Upland Farming

- Bids due in 15th April• http://www.lantra.co.uk/LandSkills-EM

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