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Funding to plan regional community precincts with local partners
This program is currently paused to new applications.
The rPPP Precinct development and planning offers funding of up to $5 million to develop a precinct idea through to investment-ready stage in partnership with local stakeholders to benefit regional communities.
What do you get?
Funding of between $500,000 and $5 million.
Who is this for?
State and Territory governments, local governments, regional universities, not-for-profit organisations, including indigenous organisations.
About the program
The program will run over 4 years from 2023-24 to 2026-27. It requires a partnership approach, bringing together governments and communities to plan and deliver multi-purpose regional precincts that are place-based, tailored to local needs and have a shared vision in how the precinct connects to the region. Partners can be from government, First Nations groups, community organisations, regional universities or private enterprise.
The program supports the planning and delivery of regional, rural and remote precincts, places that encompass multiple infrastructure elements delivered by various parties through long-term partnerships between multiple providers. Regional precincts may include business districts, neighbourhoods, activity centres, commercial hubs or community and recreational areas. They will be located in renewal areas and growth areas in regional centres, regional corridors, regional cities, as well as smaller town centres that serve as service hubs in more remote communities.
There are two streams of the regional Precincts and Partnerships Program which are delivered as two separate funding opportunities:
- Stream One - Precinct development and planning: to activate partnerships and to deliver an investment- ready precinct plan
- Stream Two - Precinct delivery: to deliver a specified project or projects as part of a precinct.
The objective of Stream One is to activate partnerships to jointly deliver precinct plans.
The intended outcomes of Stream One are to:
- establish partnerships comprised of relevant government entities, community organisations and businesses that have a shared vision for a regional precinct
- deliver precinct plans that are tailored to their local contexts and based on community feedback and engagement
- support precinct plans to become investment ready
- contribute to the Australian Government’s current policy priorities, including but not limited to:
- Commonwealth regional policy and transport priorities
- the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and improving outcomes for First Nations’ communities
- addressing housing supply and affordability via supporting the objectives of the National Housing Accord
- decarbonisation
- adaptation to the changing climate
- broadening and diversifying of Australia’s industry and economy
- the National Cultural Policy, and
- environmental policy.
First we check that you meet the eligibility criteria. Then an Independent Expert Panel will assess your application against the assessment criteria.
The assessment criteria are a set of rules that describe how we must assess each application.
We give each criterion a certain number of points.
The Panel will assess your application to determine whether it is meritorious, based on how well it meets the criteria:
- Assessment criterion 1: Project alignment with program objectives and Australian Government priorities (35 points)
- Assessment criterion 2: Project need (35 points)
- Assessment criterion 3: Community engagement, collaboration, and partnership (20 points)
- Assessment criterion 4: Capacity, capability and resources to deliver a sound precinct proposal (10 points).
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts will recommend which meritorious proposals should be considered for funding and provide policy advice based on policy considerations and the funding available.
The Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories makes the final decision.
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