£4.798m has been spent on the project to the end of 2024/25, there is £6.064m remaining of the budget summarised below:
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Source |
Total allocation |
Spend to date |
Remaining |
Conditions |
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£m |
£m |
£m |
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Levelling Up Fund (LUF) funding |
7.958 |
3.085 |
4.873 |
Capital, ringfenced, spend by 31st March 2026 tbc |
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LUF Capacity and capability funding |
0.271 |
- |
0.271 |
Revenue, unringfenced |
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National Productivity Investment Funding (NPIF) |
2.133 |
1.213 |
0.920 |
Capital, unringfenced |
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East Sussex County Council (ESCC) Capital Funding (borrowing) |
0.500 |
0.500 |
- |
N/A |
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Total |
10.861 |
4.798 |
6.064 |
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The table below breaks down total spend to date by year: |
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Pre 2021/22 (pre LUF) |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
2023/24 |
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2024/25 |
Total to 2024/25 |
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£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
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£m |
£m |
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Preliminary Design and Planning |
1.713 |
0.304 |
0.441 |
0.006 |
|
0.015 |
2.480 |
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Detailed Design |
- |
0.155 |
1.075 |
0.420 |
|
0.146 |
1.793 |
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Legal Fees |
- |
0.000 |
0.029 |
0.066 |
|
0.030 |
0.124 |
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Land Acquisition and Compensation costs |
- |
- |
0.021 |
0.123 |
|
0.064 |
0.207 |
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Enabling works |
- |
- |
- |
0.018 |
|
0.172 |
0.189 |
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Spend Total |
1.713 |
0.459 |
1.566 |
0.632 |
|
0.427 |
4.798 |
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ESCC has received £4.543m of LUF funding to date, as well as £0.271m Capacity and Capability funding. This would almost certainly need to be paid back if the Government do not agree to a change in project scope. Of this £3.085m has been spent so far on the project. The NPIF funding would not need to be paid back.