| Organisation | Project | Amount allocated |
| Friends of Hatherley Park | Replacement slide | 1500 |
| The Petersfield Partnership | St Peters & The Moors Community Sports Hub | 10,400 |
| West Cheltenham Parochial Church Council | Development of St Aidan's Garden | 12,388 |
| Cheltenham Sea Cadets | Solar Panels Project | 8000 |
| Vision 21 Gloucestershire | EcoHub | 12,171 |
| Friends of Elmfield | Elmfield Paths and SuDS | 5,000 |
| Holy Apostles’ C of E Primary School | HAPS Solar Panels | 3,000 |
| The Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre Company Limited | Everyman Theatre Education Centre @ Grove Street – creative arts for all communities | 11,519 |
| Monkscroft Community Action Group | Reimagining Spaces - Monkscroft | 9,000 |
| Naunton Area Residents' Asociation | The Triangle Community Garden Improvement | 2,060 |
| 10th Cheltenham (All Saints) Scoup Group | Solar Panel Installation | 9000 |
| Cheltenham Paint Festival | Honeybourne Line street art murals to improve public realm | £0 |
| The Rock | Spokes and Hope | 5,000 |
| Alliance for Equality | Common Ground Cheltenham- multiuse community and young people space | 13,000 |
| The Playhouse Theatre Cheltenham | Playhouse Capital Investment Scheme | 9,500 |
| Cheltenham Borough Council | St Peters Square playground improvements | 8,700 |
| Cheltenham Borough Council Green space department | Fiddlers Green playground improvements | 9,200 |
| 129438 |
Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy Fund
A share of £230,000 is available to support community projects in non-parished areas of Cheltenham (areas without a parish council). The Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund will support community-led projects which deliver publicly accessible physical improvements and have economic, social or environmental objectives. Projects should address the demands that development places on a local area, including contributing to carbon net zero ambitions. We are particularly keen to support bids from areas of greatest need.
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge which local authorities can place on developers to help fund infrastructure needed to support new development in their areas. The levy applies to most new buildings and charges are based on the size and type of new floor space.
In areas with a parish council, these funds are passed directly to the parish council, but one of the legal responsibilities of the borough council is to collect and allocate CIL on behalf of the non-parished areas.
The funds collected from new developments as part of the normal planning process and are intended to support community projects that have a social, environmental or economic objective in areas where development has taken place, to address the demands that development places on a local area.
How to apply
Read the guidelines and apply for a Neighbourhood CIL grantPlease note that the application form has to be completed and submitted in one go. However, you have the option to "save my response to edit" on the thank you page once you have submitted it and you will be able to edit your response until the closing date.
The closing date is 10am on Tuesday 15 December 2026.
Projects applying for £10,000 or more should complete the climate impact assessment tool and send it to [email protected].
There will be an information session for applicants on Thursday 15 October, 6pm on Teams. Please email [email protected] to register.
Eligible areas
See map of parish council boundaries. The areas which are entirely non-parished and eligible to apply for Neighbourhood CIL funding are:
- All Saints
- Benhall, the Reddings and Fiddlers Green
- College
- Hesters Way
- Lansdown
- St Marks
- St Pauls
- St Peters
- Springbank
The areas which are partly non-parished and eligible to apply are:
- Battledown
- Charlton Park
- Oakley
- Park
- Pittville
- Swindon Village
- Warden Hill
| Organisation | Project | Amount granted |
|---|---|---|
|
SPJARA (St Philip and St James Area Residents' Association) |
Bath Road Utility Box Decoration |
£1,000 |
|
Borough councillor Tony Oliver |
Bournside Safe Crossing Campaign |
£12,000 |
|
Friends of Sandford Parks (FOSP) |
Safer Sandford |
£13,000 |
|
Friends of Pittville |
Sensory beds in Pittville Park |
£1,000 |
|
Vision 21 Gloucestershire |
Planet Cheltenham |
£17,000 |
|
Benhall Residents' Association |
Benhall Air Quality Survey |
£3,500 |
|
Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign |
Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign |
£9,000 |
|
Hester's Way Partnership |
Springbank Creative Youth Space |
£12,000 |
|
Hesters Way Forum |
Fiddlers Green Park Play Area Improvement Project |
£12,000 |
|
Friends of King George V (KGV) Playing Field |
KGV Perimeter Path Phase 1 |
£9855 |
|
Councillor Garth Barnes, Cheltenham Borough Council |
Regent Street Outdoor Café Culture Project |
£10000 |
|
Cheltenham Borough Council |
Rowena Cade playground improvements |
£10000 |
|
Fairview Community Association |
Cheltenham Cricket Club Disability Ramp |
£3,000 |
|
We Create Cheltenham CIC |
Honeybourne Honey |
£2,500 |
|
Cheltenham Paint Festival |
Cheltenham Paint Festival |
£7,500 |
|
Springbank Community Group CIC |
Reroofing the Ron Smith Pavilion – Phase 1 |
£5,000 |
| Total |
£128,355 |