Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The City of Onkaparinga has announced Built Heritage Grants Program to support the owners of local heritage listed places and representative places to maintain, preserve, restore and/or reconstruct the heritage features of their property to ensure its heritage values are retained.
As a part of their Community Plan 2030, they are committed to a shared vision for the City of Onkaparinga. This includes supporting the many community groups, businesses and individuals who make their community a vibrant place to live, work, and play. One way which they can do this is through their Grants Program.
Through the Local Heritage Incentive Scheme, the Built Heritage Grants support the owners of local heritage listed places and representative places to maintain, preserve, restore and/or reconstruct the heritage features of their property to ensure its heritage values are retained.
Purpose
The purpose of these grants is to offer funding to:
- maintain and restore properties identified in the Planning and Design Code as local heritage listed places or representative places ensure that conservation works are undertaken in accordance with the principles identified in the Burra Charter
- promote heritage values and local heritage.
In addition to these grants, other related City of Onkaparinga initiatives include:
- a heritage advisory service, which can be accessed by owners of local heritage properties within the City of Onkaparinga
- local heritage inventories
- workshops on traditional skills and techniques
- heritage Conservation Plans for council owned buildings.
Objectives
The Built Heritage Grants directly relates to the following Key Result Area and Outcome under the ‘Place’ theme of their Community Plan Key Result Area – Their city is a great place to live.
Outcome – They value local creativity, encourage diverse cultural expression, and respect their Aboriginal, European and other cultural heritage.
The Key Result Area and Outcome are achieved through:
- enhancement and improvement of local built heritage
- preservation of local built heritage for future generation
- increasing the liveability and usability of local heritage places.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $7500 are available per application.
Funding Conditions
- Very few, if any, projects can be funded to the full amount requested due to the number of applications received. Applicants should determine whether their project will still be able to proceed without the full funding amount requested and reconsider their application if not.
- Applicants who have submitted multiple applications across different grant programs must rank their applications in order of preference (i.e. if not all applications are able to be funded, please let us know which is the most important to you) and this will be considered by the assessment panel.
- Council may prioritise applications that align best with their Community Plan 2030 and other strategic plans.
- The project must be completed and funds acquitted in accordance with agreed terms and conditions.
- Applicants should be aware of their responsibilities to comply with federal government taxation requirements. For information or advice on whether you should be registered for GST or need an Australian Business Number
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for the grants under the heritage grants, the applicant needs to fulfil the following criteria:
- The building/item must be listed as the local heritage place or representative place in the Planning and Design Code.
- The conservation works must be for the external fabric of the building.
- The cost of the conservation work must be a minimum of $1000.
- Who can apply
- private owners and lessees of local heritage places or contributory items.
- To be eligible for funding, an applicant:
- must be a private owner or lessee of a local heritage place or contributory item at the time of the grant application
- must discuss the intended work with council staff and heritage advisor prior to commencement of works
- must obtain a development approval and a council permit, if applicable
- must not have an overdue grant acquittal with City of Onkaparinga. You will need to satisfactorily acquit previously awarded grants before being eligible to apply for this grant.
- Organisations that have had unsatisfactory dealings with council may be also be precluded from receiving funding.
For more information, visit https://www.onkaparingacity.com/Council/Grants/Heritage-Grants
