Applications will initially be assessed by the Council’s Enterprise Team against the following scorecard:
Priority Area (categorisation)
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Prosperity Impact
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Ward area is Category A
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3
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Project is expected to have a direct impact on local prosperity
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3
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Ward area is Category B
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2
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Project is expected to have an indirect impact on local prosperity
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2
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Ward area is Category C
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1
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Project is not expected to have an impact on local prosperity
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1
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Tourism and Heritage
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Community Support for Project
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Project is expected to promote local tourism and heritage
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3
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Local community and Parish Council support secured
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3
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Project is expected to promote local tourism or heritage
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2
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Either local community or Parish Council support secured
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2
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Project is not expected to promote local tourism or heritage
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1
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No local support secured
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1
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Applications that achieve a score of 8 or more will then be reviewed by the Ward Enhancement Programme Panel, who will invite applicants to present and discuss their projects. If an application scores less than 8, advice will be provided on how the project can be further developed. In that circumstance, progression to consideration by the WEP Panel will be at the discretion of the Panel Chair.
The ‘priority area’ category above is a ranking system for each Ward in East Staffordshire based on an analysis of factors such as population; education and employment opportunities; community facilities; deprivation; and health, in order to inform consideration of how impactful projects in those areas may be from a prosperity perspective.
The creation of the priority area list is based on available 2021 Census data and using this alongside the 2019 Indices of Deprivation data for Wards, cross-referenced with Parish level data in order to account for the boundary changes that took place post-Census collection. The proposed priority area list is as follows:
Category A
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Category B
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Category C
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Anglesey
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Branston
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Bagots & Needwood
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Burton & Eton
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Horninglow & Outwoods
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Blythe
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Heath
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Stretton
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Brizlincote
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Shobnall
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Town
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Crown
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Stapenhill
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Winshill
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Dove
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|
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Stramshall & Weaver
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As set out in the scorecard, Categories A, B and C would be given a score of 3, 2 and 1 respectively. In practice, this means that applications from areas in Category C need to demonstrate a more direct impact on local prosperity than an area in Category A on the basis of pre-assessed local need.
The following table includes some worked examples of how projects in each category of wards could achieve the required minimum score of 8:
Example Project
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Ward Score
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Prosperity Score
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Tourism & Heritage Score
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Community Support Score
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Total Score
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Shobnall – Parish Council supported project for equipment to promote education opportunities
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3
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2 (Indirect prosperity impact)
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1 (No Tourism & Heritage impact)
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2 (Parish Council support)
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8
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Stretton – Community project for equipment to deliver new arts performances
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2
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2 (Indirect prosperity impact)
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2 (Tourism impact)
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2 (Community support)
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8
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Blythe – Parish and Community led project for equipment to deliver local cost of living support
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1
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3 (Direct prosperity impact)
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1 (No Tourism & Heritage Impact)
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3 (Parish and Community Support)
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8
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The Panel will then assess the application following the presentation and discussion with the applicant and make a determination based on the strategic fit of the project; proposed outputs/outcomes; local community benefit; deliverability; and local support.