Where the regeneration money goes

Where the money from national regeneration programmes has gone in Hastings, from the payments the borough council publishes: the Town Deal, the Levelling Up Partnership, the Plan for Neighbourhoods, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Local Authority Housing Fund, each by project, year and payee, beside the council's papers.

These are payments, not awards. Each figure is what the borough council paid out and booked to that programme's service areas, in its own files, over £250. It isn't what the programme awarded (some is still to be spent), it misses money paid by other bodies (the county council, or a partner as accountable body), and it says nothing about what a project achieved. What each programme awarded, in the council's words, is quoted where a paper states it and a person has checked it.

The programmes side by side

Town Deal (Towns Fund)£10m301 payments
Levelling Up Partnership£1.2m71 payments
Plan for Neighbourhoods (was the Long-Term Plan for Towns)£89.4k16 payments
UK Shared Prosperity Fund£1.1m87 payments
Local Authority Housing Fund£586k53 payments
Earlier programmes (Coastal Communities, CHART, Levelling Up Parks)£2.5m311 payments

Town Deal (Towns Fund)

£10m paid out in 301 payments booked to this programme's service areas, from January 2020 to August 2026.

Every financial year as a figure

2019/20	£150k
2020/21	£740k
2021/22	£229k
2022/23	£1.9m
2023/24	£717k
2024/25	£2.3m
2025/26	£2.6m
2026/27	£1.6m

By project

The council's own names for the service areas this programme's payments were booked to.

TFC - Town to sea creative quarter£3.6m21 payments · 35% of the total
TFC - Green low carbon skills & economy£2.1m21 payments · 21% of the total
TFC - Town centre public realm & green connections£1.3m20 payments · 12% of the total
OS29 S151 Towns Fund Capital£985k8 payments · 10% of the total
TFC - Town centre core£760k6 payments · 7% of the total
TFC - Town living£539k10 payments · 5% of the total
TFC - Hastings Castle world heritage destination£471k122 payments · 5% of the total
Towns Fund£440k86 payments · 4% of the total
TFC - Enterprise & employment infrastructure£134k7 payments · 1% of the total

Who was paid

White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures£4.3m33 payments
East Sussex College Group (ESCG)£2.0m23 payments
East Sussex County Council£1.2m10 payments
The Source£485k3 payments
Education Futures Trust£417k4 payments
Troika Projects Limited£379k90 payments
Priory Meadow (Hastings) Ltd/New River Retail Property Unit Trust No.5£337k2 payments
Moxie Management Two Ltd£250k1 payment
Mott Mcdonald£240k15 payments
C & O Entertaiment ta Owens£150k1 payment
Freedom Works Ltd£117k6 payments
Ove Arup & Partners Limited£101k5 payments

Service areas matched: OS29 S151 Towns Fund Capital; TFC - Enterprise & employment infrastructure; TFC - Green low carbon skills & economy; TFC - Hastings Castle world heritage destination; TFC - Town centre core; TFC - Town centre public realm & green connections; TFC - Town living; TFC - Town to sea creative quarter; Towns Fund.

Levelling Up Partnership

£1.2m paid out in 71 payments booked to this programme's service areas, from August 2024 to June 2026.

Every financial year as a figure

2024/25	£817k
2025/26	£367k
2026/27	£59.9k

By project

The council's own names for the service areas this programme's payments were booked to.

LUP - Project Art Works£819k10 payments · 66% of the total
HAS_01 LUP - TA Acquisitions£191k53 payments · 15% of the total
HAS_05 LUP Mobile Spaces for NPOs£150k7 payments · 12% of the total
HAS_04 LUP Ore Health Centre£83.8k1 payment · 7% of the total

Who was paid

Project Artworks£819k10 payments
Hastings Contemporary£150k7 payments
PHI Property Aquisitions Limited£110k38 payments
NHS Sussex ICB£83.8k1 payment
ARK Consultancy Ltd£38.7k3 payments
Savills (UK) Limited£20k1 payment
Rother District Council - MAIN ACCOUNT£7.4k1 payment
Chartered Institute of Housing£4.2k2 payments
IQFM Ltd£3.7k1 payment
Kingdom Academy£2.2k1 payment
A named individual£1.7k1 payment
Fusion Furniture Solutions Ltd£1.2k3 payments

Service areas matched: HAS_01 LUP - TA Acquisitions; HAS_04 LUP Ore Health Centre; HAS_05 LUP Mobile Spaces for NPOs; LUP - Project Art Works.

Plan for Neighbourhoods (was the Long-Term Plan for Towns)

£89.4k paid out in 16 payments booked to this programme's service areas, from April 2024 to February 2026.

Every financial year as a figure

2024/25	£63.9k
2025/26	£25.6k

By project

The council's own names for the service areas this programme's payments were booked to.

Long Term Town Plan - Levelling up£64.9k10 payments · 73% of the total
Plan for Neighbourhoods (was Long Term Town Plan - Levelling up)£24.5k6 payments · 27% of the total

Who was paid

Marshall Regen Ltd£58.7k8 payments
Eastbourne Borough Council£19.5k2 payments
Always Possible Limited£5k1 payment
Royal Mail Group£2.9k1 payment
Hastings Voluntary Action£1.2k1 payment
Dell Corporation Ltd£1k1 payment
Bishops Printers Ltd£6601 payment
St Leonards Festival£4601 payment

Papers

Have your say on Plan for Neighbourhoods Spend ↗
Pride in Place ↗
Cabinet, Mon 3 Nov 2025
Appendix 1 Letter from MHCLG regarding Pride in Place Impact Fund ↗
Cabinet, Mon 3 Nov 2025

Service areas matched: Long Term Town Plan - Levelling up; Plan for Neighbourhoods (was Long Term Town Plan - Levelling up).

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

£1.1m paid out in 87 payments booked to this programme's service areas, from April 2023 to June 2026.

Every financial year as a figure

2023/24	£101k
2024/25	£621k
2025/26	£331k
2026/27	£26.4k

By project

The council's own names for the service areas this programme's payments were booked to.

UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Revenue)£767k75 payments · 71% of the total
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Capital)£312k12 payments · 29% of the total

Who was paid

Hastings Voluntary Action£295k29 payments
Let's Do Business£230k8 payments
Southern Housing (Formerly Optivo)£113k8 payments
In 2 Play CIC£106k7 payments
East Sussex County Council£90k2 payments
Soundcastle Ltd£72.5k9 payments
Groundwork South£50k2 payments
Oasis Community Project-East Hastings£40.7k8 payments
Plumpton College£20.2k1 payment
Balfour Beatty Living Places£16.5k1 payment
The Hastings Community Trust£12.7k1 payment
18 hours ltd£10.3k1 payment

Service areas matched: UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Capital); UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Revenue).

Local Authority Housing Fund

£586k paid out in 53 payments booked to this programme's service areas, from October 2025 to June 2026.

Every financial year as a figure

2025/26	£528k
2026/27	£57.7k

By project

The council's own names for the service areas this programme's payments were booked to.

Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF 3) (Cap)£586k53 payments · 100% of the total

Who was paid

PHI Property Aquisitions Limited£581k48 payments
Hastings Furniture Service Ltd£2.6k3 payments
Winckworth Sherwood LLP - Office Account£1.9k1 payment
Fusion Furniture Solutions Ltd£1.1k1 payment

Papers

LAHF Cabinet 020326 CH ↗
Cabinet, Mon 2 Mar 2026

Service areas matched: Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF 3) (Cap).

Earlier programmes (Coastal Communities, CHART, Levelling Up Parks)

£2.5m paid out in 311 payments booked to this programme's service areas, from December 2017 to May 2026.

Every financial year as a figure

2017/18	£66.8k
2018/19	£355k
2019/20	£432k
2020/21	£217k
2021/22	£661k
2022/23	£628k
2023/24	£104k
2024/25	£22.4k
2025/26	£14.8k
2026/27	£973

By project

The council's own names for the service areas this programme's payments were booked to.

Coastal Communities Fund£774k66 payments · 31% of the total
CHART CLLD ERDF - Connecting Hastings and Rother Together Community Led Local Development£712k22 payments · 28% of the total
CHART CLLD ESF - Connecting Hastings and Rother Together Community Led Local Development£433k24 payments · 17% of the total
CHART - Live, Work, Thrive£236k127 payments · 9% of the total
CHART - Churchfields Business centre£141k8 payments · 6% of the total
Levelling Up - Parks Fund£94.3k11 payments · 4% of the total
OS03 Coastal Communities Scheme 4£82.1k3 payments · 3% of the total
CHART - Resettlement Employability Project£28.1k44 payments · 1% of the total
CHART Active Hastings Academy£2.9k6 payments · <1% of the total

Who was paid

White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures£870k18 payments
Ustigate Limited£291k8 payments
Education Futures Trust£208k45 payments
Optivo£201k8 payments
Groundwork South£161k7 payments
Let's Do Business£142k9 payments
The Fellowship of St Nicholas (FSN)£123k47 payments
In 2 Play CIC£78.3k6 payments
Sussex Community Development Assocation£62.9k32 payments
The Source£58.4k4 payments
Love Hastings Limited£50k5 payments
Saville Jones Consultants Ltd£38.1k15 payments

Service areas matched: CHART - Churchfields Business centre; CHART - Live, Work, Thrive; CHART - Resettlement Employability Project; CHART Active Hastings Academy; CHART CLLD ERDF - Connecting Hastings and Rother Together Community Led Local Development; CHART CLLD ESF - Connecting Hastings and Rother Together Community Led Local Development; Coastal Communities Fund; Levelling Up - Parks Fund; OS03 Coastal Communities Scheme 4.

Which service areas count for each programme is a published rule (config/issues.yaml). Payments data published by Hastings Borough Council under the Local Government Transparency Code.