HISTORIC BUILDING GRANTS

Before requesting a grant please read the detailed guidance provided.

Detailed Guidance & Criteria (word version)
Detailed Guidance & Criteria (PDF version)
Application Form (word version)
Application Form (PDF version)

Core Features of the Grants

Type of Funding

For costs of the works required for the preservation or enhancement of the character of listed buildngs, and other buildings of historical and architectural importance.

Who may apply?

If you are the owner of a historic building in the Borough or an occupier or body fully responsible for the repair of a historic building you may apply for a grant.

Historic buildings include all Listed Buildings, buildings of local interest, and buildings in Conservation Areas.

What does the Grant cover?

The grant scheme is intended to help owners to maintain the historic character and appearance of their buildings. In giving a grant we hope to encourage the use of traditional materials and craftsmanship.

In a Historic or Listed Building:

• Work to the fabric of the building, including garden walls and outbuildings
• Brickwork, stonework, repointing, rendering
• Roofing, chimneys, guttering
• Doors and windows
• Restoration of features, historic conservatories, decorative panels
• Work to the interior when this involves restoration and repair of historic features, staircases, floors, plasterwork, tiling
• Repairs to structural timbers, eradication of dry rot and damp-proofing, if this is essential to the health of the building.

In a Building in a Conservation Area:

• Work to the exterior of the fabric of the building that would enhance its character in the public realm and restore its historic features.
• This normally means that work to the rear of the property is not included.

What are the limits on the Funding?

The Borough Council will pay 12½% of the cost of eligible works. The maximum amount payable for any one property in any one year is £2500.

For the repair or replacement of Swithland slate roofs and for the repair or replacement of traditional timber single glazed windows and doors in unlisted buildings in conservation areas the Council will pay 25% of the cost.

When can applications be made?

When you as the owner or leaseholder of the building decide that work is needed to preserve or enhance the building.

What is the decision making process?

An officer from the Conservation and Landscape Team will normally arrange to visit you so that we can see the building and discuss the work you are proposing to do.

Applications will then be considered at the first Grants Panel once assessments are complete.

More Information

Contact Details

If you need any assistance on filling in the grant application form or you would like some advice about the work you want to do Contact Conservation and Design

Listed Buildings General Information provides some information about what you can and cannot do in a Listed Building.

Listed Building Details and Descriptions for all Listed Buildings in the Borough, listed by settlement.

Conservation Areas for a map of each Conservation Area and its Character Appraisal where this is available.

If you need any additional information or need advice & assistance about the progress of an application please contact Grants Administration.