Match Funding Maintenance for Traditional Directional Signs (Fingerposts)
At its Full Council meeting in February, the Council set the overall budget framework for the coming financial years. As part of this process, Members noted that the authority faces significant ongoing financial pressures and is required to identify substantial savings in order to balance the budget over the medium term.
Among the savings proposals identified was the removal of the wooden fingerpost match‑funding budget currently available to parish councils. This forms part of a wider package of savings identified across all service areas and contributes to the Council’s requirement to deliver further reductions in expenditure over the period 2026/27 to 2028/29.
Unfortunately this means we are no longer able to match fund maintenance for Traditional Directional Signs (Fingerposts) and the application process has been closed.