Each year, Council offers small grants to property owners for maintenance works on heritage buildings in the local government area. This program is funded by Council and Heritage NSW.

The purpose of the fund is to assist the owners to conserve their building. Council gives priority to conservation works that go beyond routine maintenance.

The types of projects that can be funded include:

• Replacing aluminum-framed windows with timber-framed windows where this is the original design
• Removing paint from a building that was intended to have face brick walls
• Rebuilding decorative render on a building where this has been chipped off
• Repairing walls, verandahs, windows or roof plumbing on older buildings
• Repairing or reconstructing picket fences or other boundary work to protect older houses or sites
• Repairing and conserving older buildings, historic remnants or grave sites
• Rebuilding an original part of a building based on good evidence
• Addressing a long-term maintenance problem such as rising damp

Council will continue to support the repainting of the exterior of heritage listed buildings, including houses, if the heritage fund is not exhausted by projects that extend beyond routine maintenance.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, your property must be heritage listed in the Local Environmental Plan, a building within a conservation area or assessed as significant by Council’s Heritage Advisor. Funding cannot be provided to works that have already been completed.

For advice on whether your works may qualify for funding from any of the above sources please contact Council’s Planning and Regulatory Services Department on 02 6549 3700.

How to Apply

A brochure with guidelines for the program is available for download below. Application forms will also be downloadable below, but only during the open application period.

Further Heritage Advice

Find a consultant, service provider, or trade that specialises in built heritage by visiting the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage Professionals directory.

Other Funding

Heritage funding is available from other sources, and details may be obtained from the links provided below:

https://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/

https://www.awe.gov.au/parks-heritage/heritage/grants-and-funding