Gypsy and Traveller capital sites grant scheme

If you are using this scheme to provide awards of subsidy, you must inform the Subsidy Control Unit – email: scu@gov.wales

All Wales

Gypsy and Traveller Capital Sites Grant Scheme

Section 56 of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 and Section 60(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006’ and ‘Section 1(2), 1(3)d and 1(7) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975’.

The allocation of the Capital budget for the Gypsy and Traveller sites programme pursues the policy objective to ensure this funding contributes effectively to the delivery of the commitment contained within the (ArWAP) goal:

to recognise that safe, culturally appropriate accommodation is necessary in order for individuals to flourish in other parts of their lives and to address the lack of site provision and poor quality of Gypsy and Traveller accommodation in Wales.

Welsh Government

Local authorities across Wales.

• Accommodation and food service activities
• Construction
• Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
• Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

18 April 2024 to 31 March 2029.

Annual budget across Wales is £3.44 million.

All subsidy awarded under the scheme will be awarded by way of grants.

Welsh Government Officials assessed all applications, against the criteria set out in the capital grant guidance, recommending which to approve before awarding the grant. As part of the monitoring process, all grants are monitored with monthly meetings with the local authorities as well as site visits where necessary. Grant claim forms will be submitted quarterly to claim in arrears once works are completed. This subsidy will be awarded by means of a capital grant to local authorities who apply during specified bidding windows. A local authority’s application for funding must clearly demonstrate how its proposal fits in with local strategic plans (e.g. the Local Development Plan or Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment)

This subsidy will cover the costs of:

• New site development (permanent residential sites and transit sites). In addition, the subsidy could cover the costs to support temporary stopping places that meet a transit need even if the requirement is primarily seasonal and not year-round. Temporary stopping places will be considered as long as local authorities can demonstrate the facilities are suitable and appropriate.
• Site extensions to existing local authority sites
• Refurbishment of existing local authority sites. This can include demolishing existing amenity blocks and building new blocks in line with Welsh Government’s ‘Designing Gypsy and Traveller Sites (2015)’ Guidance.

Support is awarded based upon costed project plans outlining the need and how the support will address it, with funding paid in arrears based upon claim documents.

£3 million.