The main guiding principle of using NCIL, is that it must be linked to growth. This can mean that it is either used in a way which supports existing growth, such as providing new amenities for increased populations, or allows for new growth in an area.
It can be difficult to define growth as a term, so we break it down into a series of questions where a project should generally meet at least one to be deemed linked to growth:
Does the suggested project:
- Increase or improve access to space where there are more people in the local area (eg from new housing or retail)?
- Improve your community ahead of new developments happening locally?
- Develop new activities and projects to serve a wider number of local residents?
- Mitigate an issue caused by recent local development (such as new homes or shops)?
- Ensure that a particular community is not left out of the benefits of local growth and expansion (eg with skills or overcoming barriers)?
- Improve access to areas where growth and opportunity have increased from other parts of the city (eg transport to jobs or facilities)?
- Improve accessibility where existing local space or assets will be made usable by more people locally (even without new resident growth)?
- Improving the opportunities of individuals to access the benefits presented by local growth?
