Nature Towns and Cities decisions, July 2025
Schedule of Decisions
#NTC Nature Positive Portsmouth (Better lives where nature thrives)
Applicant: Portsmouth City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £895,818 (89%)
#NTC Bradford's Green Blue Steppingstones - Connecting People and Nature Across Our Towns and City
Applicant: City Of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £848,503 (89%)
#NTC Connecting through Nature
Applicant: Sunderland City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £490,000 (82%)
#NTC - Stronger Fairer Greener Cardiff
Applicant: Cardiff Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC "Antrim and Newtownabbey: A Borough in Harmony - Nature and Community Flourishing Together"
Applicant: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC NatureCityNorwich
Applicant: Norwich City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £775,311 (70%)
#NTC Flintshire Urban roots: Naturally thriving communities
Applicant: Flintshire County Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Green Futures Glasgow: Building a Nature-Rich, Equitable Green Network
Applicant: Glasgow City Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Dundee: A Nature Literate City
Applicant: Dundee City Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Tees Urban Nature Network: Connecting communities and restoring natural heritage
Applicant: Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £649,000 (87%)
#NTC Torfaen healthy planet, healthy people project
Applicant: Torfaen County Borough Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £808,315 (95%)
#NTC Belfast: Breaking through Barriers to Connect People and Nature
Applicant: Belfast City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £850,514 (92%)
#NTC Green Utopia 2050
Applicant: Derry City and Strabane District Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Nature Neighbourhoods for all
Applicant: London Borough of Lewisham
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £840,000 (91%)
#NTC Climate Resilient Communities
Applicant: Brighton & Hove City Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Green For All
Applicant: Coventry City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £989,685 (57%)
#NTC East London Green Alliance (ELGA)
Applicant: London Borough of Redbridge
Decision: Reject
#NTC Transforming Fife's Greenspace
Applicant: Fife Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £800,000 (95%)
#NTC NL Nearer to Nature
Applicant: North Lanarkshire Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £639,035 (72%)
#NTC Community Greenways: Urban Green Revival
Applicant: Salford City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £999,476 (95%)
#NTC: Nature Together
Applicant: Bristol City Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £984,126 (89%)
#NTC Leicester Nature City
Applicant: The Trent Rivers Trust
Decision: Reject
#NTC West London Regional Park
Applicant: London Borough of Ealing
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £999,595 (93%)
#NTC East Lothian Greenspaces for Health and Wellbeing
Applicant: East Lothian Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Roots to healthy places - Nature connections in Luton
Applicant: Luton Borough Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £958,298 (93%)
#NTC Green-Blue Heart
Applicant: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Carn to Coast: working together to bring nature into the very heart of every neighbourhood for all to enjoy
Applicant: Cornwall Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Bigger, Better, More Joined Up - It's in our Nature, It's in our LCR.
Applicant: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £999,951 (95%)
#NTC Nature Town Oldham
Applicant: Oldham Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Coastal Connection
Applicant: Thanet District Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC:Lincoln Green-bringing people & nature together in our City
Applicant: City of Lincoln Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Walsall's Nature and Health Strategy (Walsall's NHS)
Applicant: Walsall Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £999,996 (95%)
#NTC The Green Revolution (Derby)
Applicant: Derby City Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Nature's Way for Torbay - Building an Integrated and Inclusive Green-Blue Framework together
Applicant: Torbay Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Green Grid - Southampton's Natural Network
Applicant: Southampton City Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC GreenWave Blackpool
Applicant: Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £599,495 (63%)
#NTC Greening Up North East Lincolnshire
Applicant: North East Lincolnshire Council
Decision: Reject
#NTC Port Talbot - Natures back in town
Applicant: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Decision: Award Delivery grant of £339,471 (91%)