Heritage
Introduction |
Protecting our heritage |
What's protected? |
Working on heritage items |
Scheduled ecological sites |
Review of residential 1 and 2 zones |
Proposal to schedule central area buildings |
Proposals to schedule buildings in the Auckland isthmus |
Built Heritage Fund |
Natural Area Conservation grant
Built Heritage Fund
The Built Heritage Fund provides grants to help people conserve, restore
and protect aspects of Auckland's built heritage. We provide total funding of $50,000 for built
heritage each year.
The 2007/2008 funding round closed on Friday 14 March 2008.
Funding criteria
If you are a private owner and your heritage projects meet
the funding criteria, you will be eligible to apply to the fund. Government
agencies are not eligible for funding.
The criteria for applications made to the Built Heritage Fund include:
- buildings must be of heritage significance and currently on the schedule
of Buildings, Heritage Properties and, Places, Monuments and Objects of
Special Value lists in the district plan
- proposals must enhance the heritage significance of the item, such as
essential repairs and maintenance to buildings, assistance for conservation
plans, assistance for restoration and also enhancement of building facades
- funding is not retrospective and the project must start after the
applicant receives notification that the application has been approved.
Projects eligible for the fund
It is envisaged that the following types of projects would
be eligible for application to the fund:
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stabilisation, repair or restoration of original heritage
fabric relating to historic buildings or structures (eg repairs to masonry,
joinery, plaster or glazing, earthquake strengthening or fire protection);
provided the work is to the standard approved by Auckland City
- professional services (eg research, condition reports, conservation plans,
heritage plans, conservation work specifications, management plans or
supervision of work).
Projects / items not funded
To ensure the best use of limited heritage funds the
following exclusions apply:
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construction of new buildings or structures (other than stabilisation structures) not for the purpose of preserving heritage values
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additions and/or extensions to existing buildings
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complete reconstruction or replicas of missing buildings
or structures
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removal, relocation or demolition of buildings or
structures
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routine building maintenance
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insurance, debt repayments or re-financing costs
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purchase of land or buildings
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purchase or conservation of portable cultural heritage
objects
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new commemorative monuments or works
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heritage conservation projects that have already been
completed
- heritage trails brochures
Successful applications
A total of $50,000 was available in 2007/2008. Successful applications include:
Building |
Funding |
Project description
|
Hanna House
11 Arney Road, Remuera |
$8,000 |
Stabilisation, strengthening and restoration of the original
chimneys.
|
|
Chapman Taylor House
10A Bourne Street, Mt Eden
|
$8,000
|
Prevention of moisture entry to the house and repairs to consequential
damages to the building fabric. |
Church of St Alban the Martyr
443 Dominion Road, Balmoral |
$8,000 |
Stabilisation of the west wall and window of the church. |
Courtville
11 Parliament Street, Auckland central |
$10,000 |
Prevention of moisture entry to the apartment building and repairs to
consequential damages to the building fabric. |
Auckland Baptist Tabernacle
429 Queen Street, Auckland central |
$6,000 |
Restoration of original Victorian lamp-stand on the Tabernacle podium. |
|
472 Queen Street, Auckland central |
$7,000 |
Change of use of the premises from a superette to a restaurant, and the
reinstatement of original features of the shop including missing tiles
in the entry porch and a new entry door. |
St Mark's Church
95 Remuera Road, Remuera |
$3,000 |
Preservation of the stained glass windows in the church, some of which
have bowed and require re-leading whilst others require repairs to
cracked glass. Another window has been damaged in part by fire –these
parts of the window require removal. |
