Built Heritage Incentive Fund

The Built Heritage Incentive Fund encourages the conservation of the city's heritage-listed buildings and objects.

Value

There is $329,000 available for grants in 2011/12.

Grants from the fund are allocated twice during this period - the last working day of July 2011 and March 2012.

Purpose

The grants help with conserving, restoring and protecting Wellington's built heritage. The grants also help meet some of the additional costs associated with owning and caring for a heritage property.

Criteria

• The project relates to buildings and objects listed in the District Plan.
• The project enhances the heritage significance of the item concerned, and where elements of the item are protected by provisions of the District Plan (eg the exterior of a heritage place).
• The project must be for:
  • stabilisation, repair or restoration of original heritage fabric relating to historic buildings, structures, or objects, or
  • professional services (ie structural strengthening reports, maintenance reports, conservation plans), or
  • reimbursement of Council resource consent fees for approved conservation work requiring a resource consent (note: projects which have received funding for either items above cannot also obtain reimbursement of Council resource consent fees).
• Only applications for work not yet commenced will be accepted for consideration.
• Work supported by a grant must still comply with all other statutory requirements including provisions of the District Plan, the Building Act and Resource Management Act.

More Information

Grants Advisor

Principal Heritage Advisor

Related Links

• Building Services
• Conserving Heritage Buildings
• Resource Consents

Department Details:
Grants