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<p>The Homes and Communities Agency announced grant allocations totalling £886 million
to deliver almost 44,000 new affordable homes as part of the 2015/18 Affordable Homes
Programme. Of this, allocations for traveller pitches are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local
authority area </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pitches</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant
Funding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich City Council</p></td><td><p>To be
confirmed - indicative allocation</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£819,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central
Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>Potton site extension</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central
Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>Potton site extension part 2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£825,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central
Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>Dunton Lane</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Unlike
the 2011/15 Affordable Homes Programme, where all the funding was allocated at the
start of the programme, the Homes and Communities Agency’s intention was to hold back
at least 25% of the 2015/18 budget for future market engagement on an ongoing basis.
This approach is intended to allow providers more time to work up proposals, including
those intending to bid for funding for traveller sites, and reduces the need to ring-fence
funding for particular groups. The Agency are now inviting bids for the remainder
of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding of around £800 million.</p><p>Allocations
for traveller pitches by the Homes and Communities Agency cover the period of the
2011/15 programme, rather than 2012/15. The total allocated in the 2011/15 programme
was £49 million. This allocation reflected the number and quality of bids received.</p>
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