Deadline: 8-Sep-22
The Greater Shepparton City Council is offering a Heritage Conservation Grants Program to support the conservation of properties within the Heritage Overlay.
The Heritage Conservation Grants Program, in association with the Greater Shepparton Heritage Advisory Committee, seeks to promote good conservation practice (maintenance, preservation, reconstruction, or restoration) works that improve the physical security or appearance of a place, whilst being respectful of the place’s significance.
The program aims to enhance, conserve and protect places and sites included in the Heritage Overlay, and to increase public awareness and understanding of heritage sites across Greater Shepparton.
Objectives
The provision of funding for works undertaken to places of cultural heritage significance assists in realising the following benefits:
- Enhance, protect, and conserve places and sites included in the Heritage Overlay;
- Provide financial and advisory assistance for the repair, maintenance, or enhancement of heritage sites included in the Heritage Overlay that have a community benefit;
- Promote cultural heritage conservation by providing financial assistance to those in the community who may otherwise not be able to afford to undertake conservation works;
- Strengthen and foster a sense of community identity and community ownership in the long-term conservation of local heritage sites; and
- Increase public awareness and understanding of heritage places and sites in the Municipality.
Funding Information
Grants of up to $15,000 are available but are generally only for 50% of the cost of works recommended for funding on a $1 to $1 basis.
Eligible Projects
The Heritage Conservation Grants Program will seek to support conservation works to buildings, structures, fences, sites, etc. across Greater Shepparton that are not managed by Council.
Eligible works may include but are not limited to, the following:
- Works to restore missing physical elements, including verandah and fence reinstatements (based on historic evidence); and
- Works that ensure physical security and improve the longevity of significant elements of the place such as re-stumping, re-roofing, and replacing guttering, windows, doors, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding assistance under the Heritage Conservation Grants Program, applications should satisfy the following:
- Places must be identified as an ‘individually significant’ place and/or a ‘contributory’ place in a Heritage Overlay;
- Owner approval is necessary for an application to proceed through the Heritage Conservation Grants Program; and
- Projects should be for works or for documentation projects, as described below.
- Works should satisfy the following:
- Be for conservation, restoration, and/or reconstruction, including repair and conservation works that contribute to the significance of the place or object; and
- Be visible from a public place or improve a building or structure’s external appearance, with an overall focus on external appearance; and
- Be put forward by the property owner or a lessee who has written consent from the owner and whose term of the lease is longer than any completion deadline.
- Documentation projects should demonstrate a commitment to undertake urgent ‘at risk’ works and should satisfy the following:
- Be for specialist assessments or studies that would result in the future undertaking of eligible works; or
- Be for the preparation of conservation management plans that include a prioritised and costed works action plan.
- Works should satisfy the following:
- Owners of properties in Greater Shepparton within a Heritage Overlay are encouraged to apply for grants to assist in the conservation of these places for future generations to appreciate.
For more information, visit https://greatershepparton.com.au/community/grants-and-funding/greater-shepparton-heritage-grants-program