• Individual applicants.

• Applicants with no bank account or formal terms of reference.

• Core costs such as staff time, office rent and equipment, etc. plus accommodation and food.

• Works on private land where there is no public access

• Works which are statutory requirements, eg footpath maintenance

• Retrospective works.

• Ongoing maintenance, eg grass cutting

• Village halls or other community buildings unless clear cultural heritage significance.

• Applicants who have a bad track record (financial management, project delivery)

• Projects or applicants which conflict with FLD policy principles, eg permanent fell fencing, infrastructure in the open countryside, large scale development.

• Grants for land purchase by other organisations

• Non cast iron signposts.

• Children’s playgrounds.

• Grants for a repeat project, e.g. extension of a project already funded. We will consider fund applicants more than once for different projects, but priority will be given to new applicants.

• Projects eligible for funding from public sources, eg Countryside Stewardship.

• Capital purchases for equipment

• More than one application per year from the same applicant.