Scottish Crown Estate Net Revenue Allocations 2017-2018 – Report Of Local Authority Expenditure

Report setting out local authority expenditure of net revenue generated from Scottish Crown Estate marine assets out to 12 nautical miles in 2017/18.


Headline

A total £7.2 million net revenue distributed to Local Authorities from Scottish Crown Estate marine assets out to 12 nautical miles, generated in 2017-18 directed at projects delivering coastal community benefit.

Background 

This report sets out the first year of local authority spend from net revenue generated from Scottish Crown Estate marine assets out to 12 nautical miles, which was distributed September 2019. The revenues are shared between 26 councils with stretches of coastline and directed at projects delivering coastal community benefit.  The second year of spend from revenue generated during 2018-19 by the Scottish Crown Estate marine assets out to 12 nautical miles will be reported 2021.

Scottish Ministers have agreed that annual allocations should be distributed to local areas in arrears following the finalisation of the annual accounts for the Scottish Crown Estate.

As global challenges relating to climate change wellbeing and COVID-19 intensify, to understand at the strategic level how these funds have been used across coastal communities, each project has been assigned one of eight primary objectives across the broad outcomes of local economy, place and environment.  

The eight primary objectives are:

Environment:

1. Environmental enhancement

2. Emissions reduction or removal of waste

Local Economy:

3. Jobs

4. Tourism

5. Skills development

6. Diversification projects

Place:

7. Investment for community purpose

8. Climate change adaptation

It is a high level evaluation carried out by the Crown Estate Strategy Unit, within Marine Scotland, and has been reviewed by the relevant local authorities to describe how these funds have been used across Scotland.  Some funds are still to be committed and some areas have been allocated below the de minimis threshold of £1,000, meaning that reporting of spend at project level is not required.

Total spend across the primary outcomes is illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 1
Pie chart showing the percentage spend across primary outcomes

The broad proportion of spend across the primary objectives by each local authority is provided in Table 1, based on the primary objective of each project. 

Table 1
   Environment Local Economy Place Spend to be Committed
Environmental enhancement Emissions reduction or removal of waste Jobs Tourism Skills development Diversification projects Investment for community purpose Climate change adaptation De minimis Spend to be committed
Aberdeen City 28% 9%   25%     39%      
Aberdeenshire   4%   80%    3% 7%     6%
Angus 100%                  
Argyll and Bute  6%           14% 80%    
Dumfries and Galloway 14%     27% 12%   26% 21%    
East Lothian   1%   99%            
Edinburgh, City of             100%      
Eilean Siar  16%   23%  4%     52%  4%    
Falkirk     100%              
Fife             75%     25%
Highland                   100%
Inverclyde             100%      
Moray     100%              
North Ayrshire               100%    
Orkney Islands 13% 5% 77% 4%     1%      
Perth and Kinross              100%      
Scottish Borders       100%            
Shetland Islands                   100%
South Ayrshire     85%   2%   1%     12%
West Lothian                 100%  
Clackmannanshire                 100%  
Dundee City                 100%  
Glasgow City                 100%  
Renfrewshire                 100%  
Stirling                 100%  
West Dunbartonshire                 100%  
Total 8% 1% 16% 8% 1% 0.1% 18% 15% 0% 33%

Table 2 provides a breakdown of the total spend against each of the primary objectives.

Table 2
Total spend towards primary objectives
Jobs £1,176,148 16%
Environmental enhancement £588,148 8%
Emissions reduction or removal of waste £51,219 1%
Investment for community purpose £1,279,354 18%
Tourism £572,595 8%
Skills development £37,946 1%
Diversification projects £10,000 0%
Climate change adaptation £1,107,214 15%
De minimis £7,000 0%
Spend to be committed £2,366,474 33%

Table 3 provides a full list of the projects funded by each Local Authority from Scottish crown estate net revenue allocations 2017-2018.

Table 3
Local Authority Project General spend Primary objective
Aberdeen City Donside Heritage Trail - Heritage trail, signage, paths etc £1,500 Environmental enhancement
Aberdeen City Clean Up Aberdeen - Clean up equipment for use in beach cleans etc. £2,000 Emissions reduction or removal of waste
Aberdeen City Footdee Community - Community Garden £1,500 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Torry Gardening Group - Community Garden £1,400 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Torry Development Group - Coast environmental work, paths etc. £1,500 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Torry Development Group - Victoria Road wildlife garden. £1,500 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City CFine - Plant share scheme in Torry £500 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Dolphinwatch - Contribution to Spectra Light show and art work. £2,500 Tourism
Aberdeen City Greyhope Bay - Contribution to project £4,500 Tourism
Aberdeen City Cove Community Council - Garden and new Welcome to Cove sign £3,000 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Torry Gardening Group - Community Garden £350 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Torry Battery - Cycle Racks in lower carpark £590 Emissions reduction or removal of waste
Aberdeen City Torry Battery - Retractable Barrier for access road to top carpark £470 Tourism
Aberdeen City Cove Woodland Trust - Sculpture trail £2,000 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeen City Friends of Seaton Park - Drainage works £3,500 Environmental enhancement
Aberdeen City Marine Society - Beach Cleans £90 Emissions reduction or removal of waste
Aberdeen City Countryside Rangers - St Fitticks Wetland clean up £3,500 Environmental enhancement
Aberdeenshire Turning the Plastic Tide £13,000.00 Emissions reduction or removal of waste
Aberdeenshire Newburgh Links Car Park £100,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire St. Cyrus National Nature Reserve Car Park £20,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Coastal Paths £25,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Adventure Tourism £25,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Changing Places Toilet at Balmedie Country Park £8,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Fraserburgh Beach Initiatives  £31,050.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Peterhead Town Trail £10,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Stonehaven Boardwalk £30,000.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire ‘Light the North’ lighthouse trail £2,498.50 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Coastal Industries Diversification Study £10,000.00 Diversification projects
Aberdeenshire New Dinghy £2,963.70 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeenshire Picnic Tables & Benches £3,591.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Repairs, Equipment and Davit £2,327.00 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeenshire Balmedie Leisure Centre - Outdoor Security Improvement Work £2,800.00 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeenshire Balmedie Country Park Football Pitch Improvements £9,700.00 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeenshire Mearns Coastal Heritage Trail £5,488.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Tolbooth Museum Booklet £2,550.00 Tourism
Aberdeenshire Training Dinghies £3,475.00 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeenshire Boat Building £987.00 Investment for community purpose
Aberdeenshire Combined with 2018/19 allocation £19,883.86 Spend to be committed
Angus Montrose Coastal Erosion project £80,950.46 Environmental enhancement
Argyll and Bute Helensburgh Flood Mitigation £3,493 Climate change adaptation
Argyll and Bute Tobermory Seawall and Railings Improvement £72,500 Climate change adaptation
Argyll and Bute Tobermory Seawall and Railings Improvement £72,500 Environmental enhancement
Argyll and Bute Rothesay Pontoons   £151,000 Investment for community purpose
Argyll and Bute Campbeltown Flood Scheme   £270,000 Climate change adaptation
Argyll and Bute Helensburgh Flood Mitigation   £296,507 Climate change adaptation
Argyll and Bute Improve coastal roads and increase flooding resilience £249,864 Climate change adaptation
Dumfries and Galloway Palnackie Port Group - Planning and tendering stage for Palnackie Community Public Access Pontoon £2,733.75 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Leswalt Community Association - Leswalt Memorial Hall replacement kitchen £2,000.00 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Barbour Memorial Hall - Feasability Study - Barbour Memorial Hall Renovation £2,400.00 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Portpatrick Community Development Trust - Portpatrick School Garden £2,308.17 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Colvend & Southwick Community Council - Colvend Information Centre Railings £1,063.24 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Raydale Community Partnership - Raydale Community Sports Hub £18,750.00 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Aldouran Wetland Garden - Repairs to the main boardwalk over the wetland at Aldouran Wetland Garden £6,750.00 Environmental enhancement
Dumfries and Galloway Eastriggs & Gretna Heritage - People of the past, skills for the future £36,000.00 Skills development
Dumfries and Galloway Stranraer Development Trust - Gateway to Galloway Visitor Centre Community Hub £19,650.00 Tourism
Dumfries and Galloway The Mull of Galloway Trust - Lighthouse Exhibition £6,750.00 Tourism
Dumfries and Galloway Wigtownshire Stuff - Wigtownshire Wheels For All £9,718.50 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway The Whithorn Trust - Walk the Whithorn Way! £37,587.45 Tourism
Dumfries and Galloway Kirkcudbright Development Trust - Kirkcudbright Harbour Stage £19,311.00 Tourism
Dumfries and Galloway Annan Play Park Steering Group - Inclusive Play Park and Pump Track £33,750.00 Investment for community purpose
Dumfries and Galloway Carsethorn Community Development Group - Carsethorn Sea Defences £58,237.50 Climate change adaptation
Dumfries and Galloway Nith Catchment Fishery Trust - Nith Smolt Tracking Project £37,481.25 Environmental enhancement
Dumfries and Galloway Kirkmaiden Community Harbour Trust - Drummore Harbour Protection Project £7,500.00 Climate change adaptation
Dumfries and Galloway Port William Inshore Rescue Service - PIRSAC Expansion Project - Surveys and Planning £7,050.17 Investment for community purpose
East Lothian Improvement to parking surface at popular coastal destination - Yellowcraig £24,824 Tourism
East Lothian Improvements and reinstatement works to path network within county £2,553 Tourism
East Lothian Purchase of equipment for community litter picks/beach cleans £539 Emissions reduction or removal of waste
East Lothian Scottish Seabird Centre - Tourism support grant £30,000 Tourism
Edinburgh, City of Improvements to Granton Castle Walled Garden £5,409 Investment for community purpose
Eilean Siar Delivery of regional marine planning and Crown Estate asset management £100,000 Jobs
Eilean Siar Supporting the development of a Community Partnership Board or other community governance model in each of 12 identified areas £360,000 Investment for community purpose
Eilean Siar Supporting athletes with mainland travel costs - Lewis & Harris £15,000 Investment for community purpose
Eilean Siar Supporting athletes with mainland travel costs - Uist & Barra) £7,500 Investment for community purpose
Eilean Siar Infrastructure works projects - £97,500 has been distributed to each ward for infrastructure works £297,036 Jobs
Eilean Siar Infrastructure works projects - £97,500 has been distributed to each ward for infrastructure works £508,586 Investment for community purpose
Eilean Siar Community projects - £38,000 per ward £60,950 Climate change adaptation
Eilean Siar Community projects - £38,000 per ward £277,968 Environmental enhancement
Eilean Siar Community projects - £38,000 per ward £74,960 Tourism
Falkirk Supporting local communities through the Covid19 crisis. £1,442.66 Jobs
Fife Tayport Harbour Trust - Repairs to the east end slipway in the harbour and to erect fencing around the harbour area. £10, 000 Investment for community purpose
Fife Fife Coast and Countryside Trust £102,500 Investment for community purpose
Fife TBC - Fife council have received proposals for the remaining funds and will allocate in 2020/21 £34,159.86 Spend to be committed
Highland In light of the COVID-19 crisis, the allocation of funding will be directed to economic recovery and community resilience projects with the detail being determined at a local level as appropriate to the area. As a general principle, all projects will address at least one of; economic recovery, community resilience or the impact of the climate and ecological emergency. £1,292,405.46 Spend to be committed
Inverclyde Coastal footpaths and marine heritage £3,476.20 Investment for community purpose
Moray Installation of Ice Plant at the Fishmarket building in Buckie harbour and extending the chill facility £102,508.59 Jobs
North Ayrshire Coastal protection to an area of the sea defences that protect the vital C147 road in Arran. The coastal protection work was completed in the summer of 2020 and cost around £220k, £88k of which was funding allocated from the Crown Estates. £88,162 Climate change adaptation
Orkney Islands Events & Festivals £5,000 Tourism
Orkney Islands Free Parking £24,000 Tourism
Orkney Islands Marine Planning £14,000 Environmental enhancement
Orkney Islands Archaeology £5,000 Environmental enhancement
Orkney Islands Beach Clean £35,000 Emissions reduction or removal of waste
Orkney Islands Public Toilets £10,000 Investment for community purpose
Orkney Islands Coastal Core Paths £35,000 Environmental enhancement
Orkney Islands Marine Planning Partnership £50,000 Environmental enhancement
Orkney Islands Support grants for local businesses affected by COVID £595,693 Jobs
Perth and Kinross Moncrieffe Island, Perth city centre - contribution towards project to replace access steps to Moncrieffe Island within the tidal range of the River Tay. £1,565.81 Investment for community purpose
Scottish Borders Visit Berwickshire Coast project - Employment of a full time Coastal Communities Development Officer to deliver the Visit Berwickshire Coast Marketing Plan. £57,312.45 Tourism
Shetland Islands Funding has not yet been committed - Shetland Islands Council is currently running a pilot grant scheme using the funds from its Crown Estate allocation. The scheme seeks to support the development of communities by investing in infrastructure, community capacity building, and developing community assets and encouraging inclusive growth. The scheme also aims to encourage regeneration of Shetland’s communities by supporting projects that safeguard sustainable economic growth and jobs, promote inclusion and contribute towards poverty reduction. £1,008,679.18 Spend to be committed
South Ayrshire Dunure Regeneration - architectural drawings for a proposed new Heritage Centre that will be incorporated within the Dunure Development masterplan £540.00 Investment for community purpose
South Ayrshire University of West of Scotland - support for students to develop a range of interactive projects for the Dunure Development Working Group £1,946.00 Skills development
South Ayrshire £79,468 has been provided to as support to 6 companies during Covid-19 pandemic - support provided included financial advice/review and grant intervention £79,468.00 Jobs
South Ayrshire £11,345.80 remains to be allocated in 2020/21 to companies for Covid-19 support. £11,345.80 Spend to be committed
West Lothian De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis
Clackmannanshire De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis
Dundee City De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis
Glasgow City De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis
Renfrewshire De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis
Stirling De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis
West Dunbartonshire De minimis - no report required £1,000.00 De minimis

Contact

Email: Thomas.Hogg@gov.scot

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