Send your nicer neighbourhoods idea

Use this form to suggest an idea to make improvements that benefit everyone in your council housing estate.  

Council tenants and leaseholders will not have to pay for these improvements. The council will fund it.  

Before you start 

Read the guidance and criteria before completing this form. 

Applications must be made on behalf of a group of residents in the community. We will not accept applications from one person. We want as many residents as possible to have their say about any improvements on the estate. 

You will need 

  • Proof of consultation with residents, for example minutes of a public meeting or a petition to state that residents are happy with the proposal 
  • Nicer Neighbourhood funding form  
  • Photos  

Uploading supporting documents 

You will be asked to upload evidence to show how you have consulted residents. For example, posters, notices, meeting minutes, survey or poll results, petitions, letters and emails. 

  • Accepted file types: Word (doc, docx), Acrobat (pdf), OpenDocument text (odt) Plain text (txt, rtf)  
  • We also accept photos taken on phones and tablets and the following image file types: bmp, gif, jpeg, png   
  • Zip and Excel (xls) files cannot be uploaded.  

What happens next 

Applications take between 4 to 12 weeks to review.  

  1. You will get an acknowledgement within 10 working days confirming we have received the application. We will contact you if we need more information or need you to do something else. 
  2. Specialist teams will visit the site to check the if the proposal is possible and how much it may cost. 
  3. The application will then go to a panel for review against the scheme criteria and available funding.  
  4. The project manager will approve or decline the application following the panel’s decision. 
  5. The council will carry out the approved proposals as soon as possible.  
  6. When we know the exact timelines, we will let residents know. How long it takes will depend on the type of project. 

This form should take about 15 minutes to complete. 

Each form page will time out after 20 minutes and cannot be saved.