Apply for the Northern Rivers Commercial Property Return to Business Support Grant (Australia)

Deadline: 30-Mar-23

If you’re a commercial property owner in the Northern Rivers and you were directly impacted by storms and floods in February and March 2022, you may be eligible for the Northern Rivers Commercial Property Return to Business Support Grant.

Funding Information

• The maximum grant amount for clean-up and reinstatement is $50,000 per commercial property. If a commercial property comprises multiple commercial spaces, the maximum payment is up to $50,000 per commercial space.
• Covered costs could include, but are not limited to:
  • safety inspections of property damage
  • equipment or materials required for clean-up
  • equipment or materials required for immediately reinstating tenants
  • payment for a cleaner, if the cost would not have been incurred if the flooding had not occurred
  • repairing a building, or repairing or replacing fittings in a building, if it is essential for resuming operations and is the applicant’s responsibility.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible, your commercial property must be in one of the following defined local government areas (LGAs):
  • Ballina
  • Byron
  • Clarence Valley
  • Kyogle
  • Lismore
  • Richmond Valley
  • Tweed Shire.
• To be eligible, you must have owned a commercial property in the defined LGAs at the time of the February and March 2022 floods and:
  • be able to demonstrate that at the time of, or in the 6 months prior to, the February and March 2022 floods:
    • you held a lawful signed and binding commercial lease agreement with a tenant who was operating a small or medium business; or
    • you were both the owner of the commercial property and of the small or medium business that operates at the address; or
    • the property was advertised as available for rent;
    • provide evidence that the commercial property suffered uninsured direct damage as a result of the February and March 2022 floods;
    • show that you are primarily responsible for meeting the costs claimed in the application; and
    • show that you intend to repair or otherwise return the commercial property to a condition that enables a small or medium business to occupy and operate from the property.
  • Not-for-profit organisations are eligible if they:
    • owned commercial property within the defined LGAs at the time of the February and March 2022 floods and meet the eligibility requirements
    • are either:
    • registered with Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission or an equivalent state regulatory body and held that registration as at 22 February 2022;
    • registered as an incorporated association or co-operative with Fair Trading NSW and were registered on or before 22 February 2022; or
    • deemed to be a not-for-profit organisation, in accordance with the current Australian Accounting Standards Board on or before 22 February 2022.

For more information, visit NSW Government.

For more information, visit https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/northern-rivers-commercial-property-return-business-support-grant