Listed Buildings Grant aid Scheme
Grant aid is now available for repair works for most types of listed building and associated professional fees.
If you wish to apply to the scheme, you can do so by completing the Historic Buildings Grant Application form (.PDF 394Kb)
. There are guidance notes (.PDF 334Kb) to assist you in completing the form.
Grant aid of 35%, is currently available for repairs to Grade B2, secular listed buildings, as well as for all other grades of secular listed buildings. It is also available for listed churches of Grade B+ and above. For thatched roofs grant aid is available to fund 75% of costs. Related professional fees of appropriately qualified advisors can also be grant aided at 75%. Enhanced grant aid of 90% may be applicable to owners of listed buildings who are in receipt of Income based Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support or Guaranteed Pension Credit.
Capping of Grant Aid Scheme
From 9th December 2009 the grant aid offered to individual applications has been capped at £250k. This change has resulted from a massive response to the current scheme. NIEA experienced a 160% increase in the number of applications following its introduction in May 2008. By December 2009 this had resulted in the repair and maintenance of around 170 listed buildings. The new capping arrangement will affect a very small number of listed buildings and will be reviewed in March 2010.
If you have any questions in regard to this arrangement please go to our Grant Capping Frequently Asked Questions section.
NGO Grant aid Scheme
Grant aid is also available for charities to aquire historic buildings at risk in Northern Ireland through a scheme administered for NIEA by the Architectural Heritage Fund.
In an agreement with the Fund we have set aside money from the listed buildings grant budget to help it fund ‘Building Preservation Trusts or other charities in NI, seeking assistance with the acquisition costs of Listed Buildings at Risk’. Money will also be made available to help ‘Groups seeking help and financial assistance in setting up a BPT'. See NGO Grant Aid Scheme to find out more.
Other assistance
The 'Funds for Historic Buildings Database' now includes detailed information on sources of funding available in Northern Ireland to repair listed buildings.
The Architectural Heritage Fund has compiled an online database with our support which lists 250 separate sources of funding in the UK for historic buildings. It is fully interactive and searchable by location and is free to use. See www.ffhb.org.uk.
