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Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP): application form

Last updated
26 June 2023 - see all updates
Part of
Business, industry and innovation, Communities and third sector

Fund to transform long-term vacant and derelict sites. Guidance and application form for applicants at stage 1. This fund closed for applications on 23 June 2023. 

Supporting documents

How your application will be assessed

All stage one applications will be evaluated by an independent investment panel with expertise in place-based regeneration.  

Applications will be assessed against the: 

You will be notified of the panel’s decision by the end of August 2023. 

If your stage one application is successful, you will be invited to provide more details about your project at stage two. We will publish guidance on stage two in due course. 

If your project is unsuccessful you can ask for feedback, to help you decide whether to apply to a future funding round. 

The panel’s recommendations are final and will not be reconsidered. 

Legal requirements

Project proposals are invited on the basis that necessary legal requirements are covered for projects to deliver in 2024 to 2025.   

This means that public procurement, subsidy control, environmental impact, equalities impact assessment, planning permission, Fairer Scotland Duty (as part of the Equality Act 2010,) and any other legal requirements which are specific to individual projects have been considered and addressed by applicants.  

All projects will need to comply with all relevant legislation relating to the implementation of projects. Local councils/Clyde Gateway URC will be responsible for ensuring these elements. Further information may be required from applicant organisations at stage two and potentially prior to any offer of grant being issued.   

Contact

Email: vdlip@gov.scot

First published
10 September 2021
Last updated
26 June 2023 - show all updates

  1. Updated to reflect fund closure on 23 June 2023.

  2. Updated with round four information.

  3. Minor text amendments.

  4. Guidance and application form updated for 2023-2024. FAQs and guidance from previous year taken offline.

  5. Updated to reflect the fact that the deadline for applications has now passed.

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