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How to apply

Applications for the 2024-25 Local ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Heritage Consultancy Grant Program are to be made through .  Program Guidelines available here.

Submissions close noon Friday 1 November 2024.

Applicants are encouraged to contact the Heritage Grants Team via HeritageSupport@dplh.wa.gov.au or 6551 8002 to discuss the application prior to submitting. 

About the Program

The Program provides funding assistance to Western Australian local government authorities for professional fees associated with the:

• identification of local heritage places
• the development and implementation of a heritage framework.

The Program does this to support and encourage the identification and protection of local heritage places through best-practice heritage management frameworks and statutory processes. The Program can support projects such as:

• heritage list
• heritage areas
• local heritage survey
• heritage-related local planning policy
• heritage strategy or similar guidelines document
• other projects that demonstrate contribution to the Program's purpose

Projects that are not eligible for funding assistance include:

• conservation work or documentation
• interpretation projects, events, or heritage trails (these may be funded under the Community Heritage Grants stream of the Heritage Council’s Heritage Grants Program)
• development of local planning policies that are not specific to heritage, including ‘character areas’
• ongoing wages/ salaries of local government staff/ employees/ contractors

Funding available per round

• Discretionary grants of up to $20,000 ex GST may be offered for eligible projects. The minimum grant offered is $2,000 ex GST.
• Grants are generally offered on a matched 50:50 funding basis. Lower grantee contributions may be considered where the contribution is considered by the Department to be proportional to the local government’s available resources. Local governments are required to contribute to the project, either through funding or in-kind contributions.