City of Whitehorse: Heritage Assistance Fund – Australia

Funding Information

• Each application can seek funding of up to 100 per cent of the total cost of the project, with the maximum grant per application being $2,000.

Funding Conditions

Funding may be revoked at any time due to unsatisfactory work, failure to meet the specified deadlines, misleading or false disclosure of information, non-disclosure, or misuse of funds by the recipient. It is a condition of funding that the owner agrees:

• Not to seek removal of the property from the Heritage Overlay;
• To use the funding only to carry out the works listed in the approved project;
• To obtain all necessary approvals or permits prior to carrying out the works;
• To allow Council to use video, photographs or details of the works in its heritage promotional material.

Eligible Projects

Projects That Do Not Require a Planning Permit

Under the heritage overlay, no planning permit is required for ‘repairs’ or routine maintenance which does not change the appearance of the heritage place. The repairs must be undertaken to the same details, specifications and materials’.

Eligible projects may include:

• Re-roofing;
• Masonry repairs;
• New guttering;
• Painting using appropriate colors;
• Timber repair in window sills, verandah floors and facades.

Projects That Require a Planning Permit

Projects that do require a planning permit are eligible for funding, provided a current planning permit has already been obtained. Such projects may include:

• Reinstatement of lost features, such as verandahs, pergolas or wooden sash windows;
• A new front fence in an appropriate style.