PKC Funding Routes
Prospective funding for Cultybraggan Camp — all routes require PKC involvement. Updated May 2026.
9 funds tracked · 3 requiring immediate action · separate from the historical grant tracker
3 items requiring immediate action
- RCGF:Ask PKC Economic Development immediately whether they submitted a 2026–27 RCGF bid and whether Cultybraggan is included.
- PBIP:Push PKC now — treat 2026 as the last year. Watch for PKC's local application window (typically spring/summer).
- ATIF Tier 2:Contact PKCT now about the Baird's Monument project to understand whether Cultybraggan access can be included. For the next ATIF round (~November 2026), confirm PKC will own the infrastructure and pursue jointly with PKC Transport.
PKC applies on CDT's behalf
CDT cannot apply directly. PKC must be the lead applicant. CDT's job is to get PKC to include Cultybraggan in their submission.
Scottish Government capital grant for regeneration projects.
2026–27 EOI window has likely closed — comparable councils' deadlines were June 2025; Stage 2 decisions expected March 2026. CDT's window is now to check whether Cultybraggan is in PKC's existing submission.
What CDT needs to do
Ask PKC Economic Development immediately whether they submitted a 2026–27 RCGF bid and whether Cultybraggan is included.
Historic Environment Scotland scheme replacing CARS. Funds repair and regeneration of historic areas in multi-year tranches.
Current round EOI closed 16 January 2026. Successful EOI applicants invited to Development Phase August 2026. No Perthshire areas identified in the current round. Next EOI window timing not yet published.
What CDT needs to do
PKC must bid to Historic Environment Scotland to get Comrie/Cultybraggan included in a future EOI round. CDT should lobby PKC to pursue this when the next window opens.
Scottish Government fund for visitor-facing infrastructure in rural areas, administered by VisitScotland. Only local authorities and national park authorities can apply — CDT has no direct route in.
2026–27 deadline was 24 April 2026, now closed. Next round timing not yet published.
What CDT needs to do
PKC must be the applicant. Ask PKC to include a Cultybraggan visitor access project in the next RTIF round. Begin making the case to PKC now ahead of the next opening.
PKC holds the money and CDT applies to them
Scottish or UK Government allocates funding directly to PKC. PKC then runs its own local application process. CDT applies to PKC, not the original funder.
Scottish Government money allocated to councils to invest in communities. PKC decides how to spend its local allocation.
Active — but 2026 is the final year of the five-year programme (2021–2026). No successor announced. PKC's budget is tight. This is the last realistic window under this fund.
What CDT needs to do
Push PKC now — treat 2026 as the last year. Watch for PKC's local application window (typically spring/summer).
Replaced the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on 1 April 2026. UK Government money (£140m over 3 years for Scotland) flowing through Regional Economic Partnerships. Tay Cities REP receives £19.5m of this total (2026–2029). PKC is part of the Tay Cities REP.
Just launched — spending decisions being made at regional partnership level, not individual councils. PKC's specific share not yet publicly broken down.
What CDT needs to do
Watch for both PKC and Tay Cities REP announcements on local grant windows. CDT's route may be via the Tay Cities partnership as much as PKC directly.
Discretionary fund held by PKC's Community Planning Partnership for community projects. Confirmed active: ~£400k allocated annually (£383k awarded in the 2024–25 round).
Active — annual rounds. 2026–27 window dates not yet announced.
What CDT needs to do
Contact [email protected] to confirm the 2026–27 application window.
A possible ring-fenced pot within PKC's NLGF/Tay Cities allocation for smaller rural communities. Existence unconfirmed.
No PKC rural ringfence within NLGF identified publicly. Tay Cities REP spending plan not yet detailed.
What CDT needs to do
Monitor Tay Cities REP and PKC NLGF spending announcements through summer 2026.
PKC must champion the project
These are not open grant funds. PKC must formally sponsor or nominate Cultybraggan as a project within an existing programme. Without PKC acting as champion, CDT has no route in.
Long-term joint UK/Scottish Government investment programme (£700m+) across Perth & Kinross, Dundee, Angus, and Fife. Relevant strands: tourism, heritage, digital. £152m delivered to date; 2,451 jobs created.
Active — ongoing into the early 2030s. Most recent Strategic Outline Business Case deadline was 13 March 2026 (now passed). New projects must request a minimum of £5 million in capital funding, positioning this as a long-term aspiration requiring PKC to bundle Cultybraggan into a larger regional bid.
What CDT needs to do
CDT needs PKC to formally sponsor Cultybraggan as part of a future tourism/heritage workstream bid. The £5m floor means this needs to be a bundled regional pitch, not a standalone CDT application.
PKC must own resulting infrastructure
Funding is available but PKC must agree upfront to own and maintain whatever is built. Only relevant if CDT is pursuing site access improvements.
Transport Scotland fund for walking and cycling infrastructure, administered by Sustrans. Replaced Places for Everyone (wound down December 2025). Only local authorities and national park authorities can apply.
Active programme — but 2026–27 Tier 2 deadline was 9 January 2026, now closed. Next round expected to open ~November 2026. Note: the Comrie Baird's Monument Active Travel Project is confirmed in development by Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT) — a safe walking/cycling route in and around Comrie. This may already be the vehicle for improved access to Cultybraggan.
What CDT needs to do
Contact PKCT now about the Baird's Monument project to understand whether Cultybraggan access can be included. For the next ATIF round (~November 2026), confirm PKC will own the infrastructure and pursue jointly with PKC Transport.
Data sourced from publicly available Scottish Government, Historic Environment Scotland, VisitScotland, Transport Scotland, PKC, and Tay Cities publications. Updated May 2026. Verify deadlines directly with funders before acting.