| Grants
Inverness City Heritage Trust has been established to take a strategic view of the conservation needs of the buildings forming the historic core of the city and to co-ordinate a programme of repair and restoration work funded by grant assistance.
Owners of buildings within the Inverness Conservation Area, like all property owners, are responsible for the repair and maintenance of the fabric of their buildings. However, the traditional materials and craftsmanship required to preserve the appearance and character of old buildings may demand abnormal expenditure. Inverness City Heritage Trust grants are intended to help meet this additional cost, and to assist with the reinstatement of original features.
Large Grants Scheme
Objective
To put into sound repair, the structure and external envelope of buildings which make a positive contribution to the character or appearance of the Inverness Conservation Area.
Eligible works
Must be comprehensive in scope to conserve the structure and external envelope of the building
Use appropriate conservation techniques or methods of construction and high quality natural or traditional materials.
This may include;
- General structural repairs
- Structural timber repairs
- Specialist Treatments
- Re-roofing & high level repairs
- Chimney repairs
- Leadwork & rainwater goods
- Render, stonework & brick work repairs and repointing
- Windows, doors & external joinery
- Repair of external boundary walls
Other eligible costs
- Professional fees, up to 16% of eligible works cost. Other fees may be eligible depending on the composition of the team.
- If VAT cannot be zero-rated or recovered in any way then it is eligible for grant.
Grants for comprehensive repairs to property within the Inverness Area can attract up to 40% of the grant eligible costs. The annual budget for this grant scheme is £150,000 and is allocated on a first come, first served basis. Each application will be based on its own merits.
A Small Grants scheme is also in operation. This works on the same principle as the comprehensive grants scheme but is targeted at smaller properties or properties where the scope of the works to be undertaken are limited to one or two specific repair issues. Grants will be set at 50% of the grant eligible costs with a grant ceiling of £5,000 per applicant.
Non-eligible works
Work already complete or underway i.e. retrospective grants
- Routine maintenance, including redecoration unless the decoration is needed as a direct result of eligible repair
- Interior repairs, unless they result directly from repairs to the structure, or are vital to its preservation
- Pedestrianisation schemes, new design and speculative recreations of lost features and townscape
Grants may also available for reinstatement of architectural features such as railings, chimneys and ornamental masonry and public realm improvements. Please contact the City Heritage Office if you are proposing this type of work.
Grants Leaflet (PDF 223.4 KB) Download time approx. 1m 5s at 28 Kbps Download time approx. 1m 33s at 56 Kbps Download time approx. 0m 14s at 128 Kbps Download time approx. 0m 3s at 512 Kbps
ICHT Guidance for Grant Applicants (PDF 76.7 KB) Download time approx. 0m 22s at 28 Kbps Download time approx. 0m 11s at 56 Kbps Download time approx. 0m 5s at 128 Kbps Download time approx. 0m 1s at 512 Kbps
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