Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), the link body for Scotland’s built and historic environment interests, has summarised the most relevant parts of the Scottish Government Draft Budget for 2019-20, noting that Historic Environment Scotland’s grant will be reduced by 3.2%.
BEFS writes:
The Scottish Government has published the Draft Budget for 2019-20. Historic Environment Scotland’s grant will be reduced by 3.2% but this is anticipated to be balanced by a 4.6% increase in income. A Town Centre Fund of £50m is being created to ‘invest in inclusive growth which supports town centres to become more diverse and sustainable’, delivered through local authorities.
Planning Development will receive an increase of 26% in support of planning reform but this increase includes resource previously allocated to administration. Architecture and Design Scotland’s budget remains static as does Planning and Environmental Appeals and Scottish Natural Heritage. Creative Scotland’s budget is reduced by 6%. The Scottish Parliament will likely vote on the budget in February.
The Scottish Government writes:
The Scottish Government’s Draft Budget sets out their planned spending for the upcoming financial year. This page provides information and analysis to support Parliamentary scrutiny.
Below you will find links to the Draft Budget 2019-20 and associated documents. spreadsheets produced by the Financial Scrutiny Unit showing the proposed spending at different levels of detail, based on information provided by the Scottish Government, can be found in the SPICe documents sidebar.
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