The Green THI Grants Scheme

The Grant Schemes

The Grant Scheme is available to nearly all property owners within the area who wish to undertake high quality repair and restoration of buildings with architectural or group merit. The map illustrates those properties that are eligible for grant funding. Routine care and maintenance schemes are not eligible e.g. re-painting of external woodwork or pointing of masonry - unless part of more comprehensive scheme of repair.

Main Grants Scheme

Under the Main Grants Scheme funding is available for categories of work covering Building Repair, Reinstatement of Architectural Detail and Bringing Vacant Historic Floorspace Into Use.

Building repair

The fabric and structure of buildings are eligible for grant as long as this is not related to routine maintenance. Typical works will include masonry repairs, lead and rainwater goods, roof and dormer repairs. Grant of up to 60% of eligible costs may be available.

Reinstatement of architectural detail

Grant is available for works which restore lost or obscured detail to an historic facade such as correct window patterns, original shopfronts or missing decorative ironwork. Grant of up to 75% of eligible cost may be available.

Re-use of historic floorspace

Projects to restore viable uses to redundant or derelict historic buildings may be eligible for grant. This may involve a change of use and physical alteration to the character of the internal space to secure e.g. residential accommodation from warehouse floors or commercial office type uses above shops, bars, etc. The level of grant available will be assessed on a project by project basis.

Main Grants Scheme - eligible buildings

1. The Tivoli Theatre, Guild Street
2. The Victoria Buildings, 32-52 Bridge Street, 19-25 Crown Terrace
3. 76-78 and 82-84 Shiprow
4. The Palace Theatre, Bridge Place
5. Metro Hotel, Market Street
6. 11a-13 Hadden Street
7. 35-39 Market Street
8. 2-10 Exchange Street / 11 Hadden Street / 5-7 Stirling Street
9. 56-58 / 60-64 Bridge Street
10. Carmelite Hotel, Stirling Street / Carmelite Street
11. 46-52 Market Street
12. 18-44 Market Street
13. 14-18 Bridge Street / 32-38 Windmill Brae
14. 19 Adelphi
15. 1,3 Bridge Place
16. 44-50 Green
17. 1-8 Trinity Quay

 

Small Grants Scheme

The Small Grants Scheme allows owners of eligible buildings identified within The Green THI area to participate in the scheme where their property is not included in the Main Grant Scheme projects. The Small Grants Scheme provides grants for individual items of mainly small scale external building repair and reinstatement of architectural detail. Typically Small Grants Scheme projects are likely to have eligible works of up to £5,000 with a grant rate of 60%.

Grant Schemes – Required Standards of Work

In order to attract grant assistance from The Green THI the applicant's professional adviser should develop proposals to the highest standards of conservation practice and strictly adhere to The Green THI's Required Standards of Work. A copy of the Required Standards of Work can be downloaded from the list of documents to the right of this page. The downloadable forms (to the right of this page) provide full details of the grants, eligible works, guide to filling in the application form, application forms for the Main Grant and Small Grant Schemes.

 

Contacts

• Graham Young
  Project Manager
  The Green THI
  Business Hub 4
  Marischal College
  Broad Street
  Aberdeen
  AB10 1AB
  Phone: 01224 523318
  Fax: 01224 523180
  Email: gryoung@aberdeencity.gov.uk