Level l i ng Up Fundi ng: The appr oach t aken i n r el ati on t o i denti f yi ng ar eas of gr eat er need or pr i ori t y i n r ound tw o • Clack m annanshir e Council do not ag r ee wit h t he pr ior it isat ion m ethodology t hat was used in bot h t he Levellin g up Fund and t he Comm unit y Renewal Fund, which seem ed t o r ewar d larg e ur ban and ver y r ur al Local Aut hor it ies and disadvant ag ed sm all Local Aut hor it ies lik e Clackm annanshir e t hat ar e not subst ant ially r ur al. • T he m et hodolog y used f or pr ior it ising Local Aut hor it ies f or t he Comm unit y Renewal Fund did not cat eg or ise Clack m annanshir e as a pr ior it y ar ea, and t he m ethodolog y used f or t he Levelling Up Fund pr ior it ised Clackmannanshir e as cat eg or y 2 ar ea ( wher e Pr ior it y 1 was an ar ea m ost in need and 3 was t he least in need). • T he chart below shows a com par ison of Clackm annanshir e wit h som e pr ior it ised ar eas and a sim ple analysis of each ar ea’s r espect ive SI MD pr of ile.