The Local Heritage Assistance Fund has been established by Council with the aid of a grant from the New South Wales Heritage Office. There is a total of $10,000 in the fund made up of the Heritage Office’s grant of $5,000 and $5,000 from Council.

The aim of the fund is to encourage positive work on heritage items in the area and if you are an owner of a heritage item, you are invited to apply for funding. Projects which may be eligible for funding are those that involve the repair, maintenance or reinstatement of missing items on heritage buildings. These include fences, verandahs, roof cladding and painting.

Funding is available on a dollar for dollar basis, that is Council’s financial assistance would equal your contribution. In saying this, Council will give preference to projects where the overall cost of works is in excess of $2,000. Council also, encourages applications from owners considering larger projects.

Guidelines for the Local Heritage Assistance Fund and Financial Assistance Agreement are below in pdf format. Adobe Reader is required to view these files.

Kempsey Shire Local Heritage Assistance Fund Guidelines 2009/2010 (165KB)
Kempsey Shire Local Heritage Assistance Fund Financial Agreement 2009/2010 (34KB)

Applications close 9 October 2009.

Council is proud to advise that the Shire contains:

• Over one hundred (100) Locally Listed heritage items which can be viewed on Schedule 1 of the Kempsey Local Environmental Plan;
  
  
• Seven (7) State Listed Items; and
  
  
• Part of a World Heritage Listed National Park – Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.

To view the details for the State and World heritage Listed items following the directions and insert ‘Kempsey’ in to the ‘Local Government Area’ - http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_index.htm.

To view the Kempsey Local Environmental Plan 1979, go to Council’s website - http://www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/KLEP%201987amendedNovember1997PUBLIC_0105.pdf.

For further information on all things heritage including Council’s role, other avenues of funding available and publications relating to building materials and preservation, please contact the Heritage Branch of the Department of Planning, they can be contacted via their web site - http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au.

For information relating to the Burra Charter - http://www.icomos.org/australia.

Should you have any further enquiries please contact Kate Alberry of Council’s Sustainable Development Services Department by telephone on (02) 6566 3200.