Applications for the 2025/2026 Local Heritage Assistance Fund are now being accepted and close on the 17 October 2025.
Each year, Inverell Shire Council offers heritage grants to property owners through the Local Heritage Assistance Fund (the Fund) for maintenance works on heritage buildings in the local government area.
The Fund will have a total of $59,000.00 available in funding for 2025/2026.
This grant funding is used as an incentive to assist property owners of heritage listed items identified within the Inverell Local Environmental Plan 2012 and the Guyra Local Environmental Plan 2012 to encourage positive work on heritage items in the area.
Projects funded through this program may include (but are not limited to):
Conservation works and maintenance works projects;
Adaptive reuse projects;
Urban design projects that support heritage;
Interpretation projects; and
Conservation management plans.
PROJECTS THAT ARE NORMALLY FUNDED
Repairing walls, verandahs, windows or roof plumbing on older buildings;
Repairing or reconstructing traditional front fences or other boundary work to protect older houses or sites; and
Repairing and conserving older buildings, historic remnants or grave sites.
FUNDING WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR
New buildings, extensions or unsympathetic work;
Routine maintenance (e.g. lawn mowing, gutter cleaning or carpet cleaning);
Projects where adequate funding is available from the applicant or other sources;
Projects where substantial government assistance has been previously provided;
Projects where the applicant has yet to complete other assisted projects;
New commemorative monuments or works;
Purchase of heritage buildings;
Relocation of buildings or work to relocated buildings; and
Private headstones, unless there is no possibility of descendant support for the project.
It is Council’s aim to assist as many local heritage owners as possible. Following assessment of the applications, funding will be allocated in accordance with the scope and scale of each project. Other factors for consideration include the project scale, scope of works required, necessity, and application quality.
Please note that Council cannot fund more than 50% of the project cost. The property owner is required to match Councils offer and fund the remaining costs for the project.
To download the program guidelines and application form, please go to; https://inverell.nsw.gov.au/…/local–heritage-assistance-fund-3
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