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Property reuse and conversion interest free loan

The Property reuse and conversion interest free loan is an interest free loan for businesses buying or significantly improving retail premises across County Durham, particularly vacant or derelict property.

Run by Durham County Council

Last read from durham.gov.uk on 9 Oct 2026.

An interest free loan to encourage purchase or significant improvement of retail premises across the county, for vacant or derelict property.

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Status and deadline

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Deadline

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How much

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Who can apply

Retail premises across the county; the text does not give size or other limits.

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Business size

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Sectors

retail

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How to apply

Contact the council via the 'Ask about retail business support' link; the text does not say how to apply.

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Where it is open: County Durham

County Durham

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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  • Loan amount, deadline and application process not stated.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Last read from durham.gov.uk on 9 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 9 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Durham County Council before you apply.

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