Conservation Grants Program in Australia

Deadline: 4-Oct-21

The City of Unley is seeking applications for Conservation Grants Program to encourage and assist with the appropriate maintenance of the City’s private heritage places, representative buildings and regulated or significant trees.

Objectives

The policy aims to:

• support Council’s vision, strategic plans and policies for preservation of the City’s heritage places, representative buildings and regulated and significant trees;
• encourage and assist private owners to manage recognised valued buildings and trees by subsidising the conservation of the long term heritage value of the place and its contribution to historic streetscape character;
• encourage and assist private owners to manage regulated and significant trees bysubsidising their management or maintenance in a safe, sound and aesthetically pleasing condition;
• complement other support initiatives;
• provide a clear framework for the operation of the Conservation Funds in an equitable, transparent and accountable manner.

• Grants may be allocated for up to 50 per cent of the total cost of a single conservation treatment with the maximum amounts available per application being:
• A maximum of $1,000 available every 3 years for pruning regulated/significant trees; and
• A maximum of $5,000 is available every 5 years for Local or State Heritage Places or Representative Buildings

• The following types of projects will be considered, provided that as much of the original building fabric as possible is retained:
  • external structural repairs;
  • conservation works to the exterior of the building, including those that restore, conserve, enhance or reinstate heritage features to the front facade, walls, verandah, windows and/or roof of the building including:
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  • re-pointing or repair of stonework;
  • removal of non-original paint and/or plaster;
  • painting external timber elements;
  • salt damp treatment; and
• repairs to or reinstatement of original front fencing based on historic or archival records or side and/or rear fencing if such fencing is specifically listed as part of a Local Heritage Place.
• Pruning to a significant or regulated tree.

• Conservation grants may be considered in relation to regulated trees, significant trees or state and local heritage places, or representative
• buildings.
• A regulated tree, significant tree heritage place or representative building that is the subject of an application for conservation funding must be situated within the City of Unley.
• Applications will be accepted only from the owner(s) of a regulated or significant tree/place/item.
• Where a tree is exempt from being classified as a significant or regulated tree under 3F (4)(a) of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure (General)
• Regulations 2016 by virtue of the location of the tree being less than 10 metres from a dwelling or in-ground swimming pool, this Policy shall still apply.
• Where development approval is required for works associated with a grant application, development approval must be obtained prior to the grant being
• approved by Council.
• Properties that have previously received the maximum available funding will not be eligible to apply for funds for a period of:
• In the case of building work – five (5) years from the date that the maximum amount of funds has been received.
• In the case of regulated or significant tree pruning – three (3) years from the date that the maximum amount of funds has been received.
• Work that has already commenced will not be eligible for funding assistance unless the work has been undertaken for urgent structural reasons and advice has been sought from a Council officer prior to undertaking the work.
• Where other grant funding has been obtained for the proposed works, the Conservation Grant Policy will not apply.

For more information, visit https://www.unley.sa.gov.au/Community-services/Grants-sponsorships/Conservation-grants