Can Welshpool town centre benefit from £5m fund?

The Welsh Government has announced a pot of £5 million for Mid Wales to revitalise its town centres over the next three years.

As part of the wider Transforming Towns regeneration programme, the Placemaking Grant is designed to offer broad and flexible support for a wide range of projects aimed at rejuvenating town centres across the area, including Welshpool, Llanfair Caereinion, Llanfyllin and Montgomery.

Projects that may be eligible for grant support can range from developing commercial and residential properties, developing town centre markets, improving the public shared outdoor spaces, and the installation and exploitation of digital infrastructure. Projects will need to demonstrate links to town plans and show how they benefit the town centre.

“The placemaking funding received last year has already been put to good use making improvements,” said Cllr David Selby, Powys County Council Cabinet Member for a More Prosperous Powys.

“Grants were awarded to many businesses and organisations to help them make changes to aid the town centre’s post-Covid recovery.

“Our attention is firmly on supporting our town centres, ensuring that they remain safe and resilient, now and into the future. This new injection of investment will go even further to ensuring our beautiful mid-Wales towns are revitalised and remain a thriving place to live, work and visit.”

Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters said: “We have been able to support a number of excellent projects in mid-Wales, including the refurbishment of a town centre property in Aberystwyth and the conversion of a former bank in Welshpool.”

The Placemaking Grant is available to private businesses, including developers, third sector businesses, and the public sector. For more information and details of how to apply, visit here.